Following an NBC News investigation that revealed a Texas medical program obtained and studied hundreds of human specimens without families' consent, a state legislator vows to introduce a bill banning the practice.
This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research . A Texas state legislator is vowing to ban the use of unclaimed bodies for research in response to an NBC News investigation that found a local medical program obtained and studied hundreds of human specimens without families’ permission. Sen.
“It infuriates me, the total disrespect,” said Brenda Cloud, sister of Victor Honey. Honey, 58, a homeless Army veteran with mental illness, was dissected and leased to two medical companies and the Army after his death in 2022. His family members did not know until NBC News informed them this spring. In June, they buried Honey’s cremated remains at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, among thousands of other military service members.
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