Constitutional Law

Senator To Push Measure On Encouraging Organ Donations

Americans waiting for organ transplants continues to grow, reaching more than 100,000 according to a Wall Street Journal editorial. The problem, the newspaper opines, has been compounded by a federal law intended to bar the selling of organs. The editorial says the federal law, the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, “has had the unintended consequence of discouraging almost all incentives to donate, including state tax deductions.” The WSJ and The New York Times take note of a measure likely to be introduced next year by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) aimed at keeping the ban on profiting from organ donations but allowing states to “experiment with incentives like tax credits, contributions to 401K plans and tuition vouchers,” John Tierney writes for The Times.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on December 31, 1969 (boomark / email).