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Posts tagged organ donation

Transplant Bill Pressures Prisoners to Act Mercifully out of Self-Interest

Criticized widely as coercive and extreme, a bill introduced in January in the Massachusetts House of Representatives proposed to reduce prisoners’ sentences by between two and twelve months in exchange for their bone marrow or organ donations. Its cosponsor Rep. Judith Garcia (D) offers that the objective of the bill is to allow prisoners to participate in the potentially life-saving work of providing those in need with new organs. Garcia appeals especially to prisoners with family members on the organ transplant list.

Vivian TorkMarch 21, 2023organ donation