Bipartisan Senate Bill Aims to Punish Beijing for Forced Organ Harvesting

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate is aiming to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for forcibly harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience.
The Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act, or S.761, would authorize the State Department to deny or revoke passports and visas to anyone involved in forced organ harvesting. It also would require annual government reporting on the illicit activity in foreign countries and impose sanctions on facilitators. A House version of the legislation is headed to the full chamber after advancement on a unanimous vote by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Feb. 28.
“There is growing evidence that the Chinese Communist Party has and continues to harvest organs from persecuted religious groups, prisoners of conscience, and inmates,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who is co-sponsoring the legislation with Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), said in a March 9 statement. He added that it’s “past time to hold Beijing accountable for these heinous acts.”…}