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# a live volunteer, typically a relative of the recipient;
# a brain dead person with a heart beat but is unable to breath on their ownbreathe unassisted;
# someone whose organs were removed and preserved upon death until the need arises;
# a pig, often for its heart valves.
:''Organ transplants should never be commercialized nor coerced nor take place without proper consent, nor place in jeopardy the identity of the donor or recipient, such as the use of animal organs. Nor should the death of the donor be hastened in order to harvest organs for transplantation to another person.''
As Fr. Harakas implies, a person's organs should never be sold at any price. The body is part of a person, is sanctified through the gift of the [[Holy Spirit ]] and is a temple of the Holy Spirit, as Fr. Reardon states (see External Links links section). No one should sell off even part of that temple; the donor should freely give the organ to save a human life. However, it's only fair that the donor should never incur any medical or related expenses as a result of the donation.
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