HHS Deputy Secretary Shocked to Hear About 'Horrors' of Euthanasia Organ Donation in Canada

Anthony Murdoch : Jan 22, 2026
LifeSiteNews.com

"We thought we'd seen all the possible horrors, you know, in America, and then Canada had this strange new horror that was really just shocking." -HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neil

[LifeSiteNews.com] The Deputy Secretary for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was highly critical of revelations that Canada's legal euthanasia regime may be part of an organ harvesting operation, noting it is a "strange new horror." (Image: iStock-Olekcii Mach)

HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neil, as reported recently by the Washington Examiner, noted that Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program, as it's known, has crossed a new line in unethical practices.

"We thought we'd seen all the possible horrors, you know, in America," he said, adding, "and then Canada had this strange new horror that was really just shocking."

O'Neil's concerns over organ donation are not without merit.

As reported by LifeSiteNews, a 38-year-old Canadian man who was euthanized had his heart successfully harvested and donated to a 59-year-old American man with heart failure.

Indeed, Canada is known as a "world leader in ODE, or organ donation after euthanasia. A recent Dutch study revealed that, out of 286 instances of ODE reported up to 2021, 136 were Canadian.

According to O'Neil, he has not yet spoken to his Canadian counterpart regarding MAiD or organ donation but said the whole matter "is very unfortunate."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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