The Senate committee on human rights has unanimously endorsed proposed legislation to combat international human organ trafficking. The Senate Bill S-204, sponsored by Sen. Salma Ataullahjan, makes it illegal for Canadians to get organs abroad without the consent of the donor, and makes people involved in forced organ harvesting inadmissible to Canada. Ataullahjan had introduced a similar bill in the last session of Parliament, which received unanimous approval from both the Senate and the House of Commons. However, it didn’t become law as Parliament was dissolved for the 2019 election before the latest round of amendments introduced by MPs could be approved by the Senate. “We do know that Canadians continue to travel abroad for commercial organ transplant,” Ataullahjan told the committee on April 19. “Doctors at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto have reported that three to five people a year still arrive having obtained an organ abroad. That is only one …