probably predicive programming in action, reminds me of a book called "sisters of glass" by D.W. St. Johns where gene modified females were getting slaughtered for their organs by a Chinese owned corporation.
Only current reference i could find:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9658407-2-9
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?283518
archived versions
https://web.archive.org/web/20050102085246fw_/http://www.baen.com/library/0965840727/0965840727.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20050601013116/http://www.baen.com/library/