Texas has signed into law a bipartisan bill to combat the Chinese regime’s criminal practise of forced organ harvesting, making it the first U.S. state to counter the abuse through legal means.
Under SB 1040, signed by state Gov. Greg Abbott on June 18 and taking force on Sept. 1, it will be illegal for health insurance providers to fund organ transplants originating from China or any other country known to have involvement in the practice of forced organ harvesting. The bill had passed unanimously through both the state’s legislative chambers last month.
Under the Chinese regime’s watch, the practice of forcibly harvesting vital organs from living individuals for profit has grown into a flourishing industry, and has added to the abuse of vulnerable groups such as detained adherents of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong, a faith group with tens of millions of following that has faced Beijing’s relentless persecution campaign since 1999….