21Feb/18

Meridian teens’ organ donation bill headed to House floor for vote – 6 On Your Side


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Meridian teens’ organ donation bill headed to House floor for vote
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House Bill 546 changes the age teens are allowed to be an organ donor from 16 to 15. “Many people don’t know that in organ donation the organs donated have to match the recipient within 15 years of age,” MYAC Government Affairs Vice-Chair Avalyn Hine

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21Feb/18

Proposed opt-out organ donation scheme is ‘a threat to Jewish freedoms’ – Jewish News


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Proposed opt-out organ donation scheme is ‘a threat to Jewish freedoms’
Jewish News
Instead the Board said an opt-out system, whereby people could opt-out of organ donation, equated to “a threat to Jewish freedoms and family rights around burial and mourning rites”. In a statement, the organisation said: “The majority of Jews in the

21Feb/18

Summit County officials honor organ donor whose liver saved county staffer – The Park Record

The Park RecordSummit County officials honor organ donor whose liver saved county stafferThe Park RecordAnita Lewis, center, stands with her family and the family of Bayley Jayce Zollinger Huerta on Feb. 14. The Summit County Council recognized Nationa…

21Feb/18

Lithiania launches blood donation campaign over Khojaly genocide … – AzerNews


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Lithiania launches blood donation campaign over Khojaly genocide …
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Within the framework of “Justice for Khojaly” international awareness campaign and support of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Lithuania, a number of memorial events have been organized in Lithuania. A blood donation campaign “Blood for Life” was held in

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21Feb/18

Mark Dobson: Despite sadness at friend’s loss there’s hope in Opt-Out – Belfast Telegraph


Belfast Telegraph

Mark Dobson: Despite sadness at friend’s loss there’s hope in Opt-Out
Belfast Telegraph
The movement to deliver an ‘opt-out’ system of organ donation across the United Kingdom takes a step further this week at Westminster. Given the vibes in the national media this is an issue which is likely to unite opinion across the Westminster