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Divisive organ donation proposal nears end in Colorado
February 9, 2011 7:33 AM
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado proposal to increase organ donations by making all driver's license applicants organ donors unless they opt out appeared headed to its demise Wednesday. Senate Bill 42 would have made Colorado the first state to change to "presumed consent" organ and tissue donation. The practice... more » -
'30 Rock' actor speaks up for organ donation
August 4, 2010 3:32 PM
Actor Grizz Chapman of NBC's "30 Rock" is serving as an advocate for organ donation, just a month after undergoing a kidney transplant. Spokeswoman Anne Finn says Chapman will speak Thursday at New York's Montefiore Medical Center at an event observing National Minority Organ Donor Awareness Day. Chapman... more » -
NY lawmaker wants presumed organ donation consent
April 27, 2010 5:12 PM
A New York state lawmaker wants his state to be the first in the nation to adopt laws that would presume people want to become organ donors when they die unless they say otherwise. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky says his bills would shorten lengthy waits for patients needing potentially lifesaving... more » -
Organ donation helps Colorado boy live, twice
March 3, 2010 12:00 AM
JD Ross picks through photos with his son Garrett and daughter, Jessi, at their home in Peyton. The photos show Garrett in a baseball uniform or on a horse. But many photos show Garrett hooked to tubes, IVs, and other machines that are keeping him alive. Before Garrett was... more »
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