Disability Rights Victory in Organ Procurement Protocols – Persistence Pays Off

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This week, November 11, the Board of Directors of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) adopted a policy that removed two major threats to people with disabilities posed by previous proposals....

Not Dead Yet filed public comments regarding both the proposed protocols and related changes to OPTN bylaws six times in the last two years.  You can find them all under NDY Public Policy activities.  We pointed to longstanding ethical protections against potential pressures being placed on ill people to die and donate their organs.