X-Message-Number: 16308 Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:24:56 -0500 From: Ken Wolfe <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #16305 (Bill 907) References: <> > Message #16305 > From: > Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 04:37:14 EDT > Subject: "Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law..." > ... > > State Senate Bill 907, "Organ Donations Presumed," would allow doctors to > remove a person's organs for transplantation four hours after he or she is > pronounced dead, if there were no known wishes to the contrary and if a > family member or guardian did not arrive, even if that person had not > previously signed an organ donor card. Would an appropriate medic-alert bracelet on the patient not constitute "known wishes to the contrary"? -- Ken Wolfe Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada http://www.mts.net/~kenwolfe/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16308