OK now I don't ask for much but if any of you can appreciate my being here at all, (and I know it's hard some days) or anyone else that you know that has benefited from a transplant, could you please consider signing this online petition in support of The Donate Life in PA Act? No money. No hassles. No hard time. Just your name on an email document.
The Donate Life in PA Act is summed up like this :
Pennsylvania has long been a national leader in organ and tissue donation
and transplantation. We are home to many of the finest transplant programs in
the country, but with that comes the responsibility to advocate for those
awaiting a second chance at life. There are more than 8,300 people waiting for
an organ transplant in Pennsylvania. Over the past ten years, nearly 500 of
those waiting in Pennsylvania have died annually—or about nine people each
week. I came very close to being one of those nine.
The first step towards solving this public health crisis is passing the Donate Life PA Act. This legislation will ensure that more life-saving organs are actually donated by increasing public awareness about the issue. It accomplishes this by bringing education about donation and transplantation to high schools, nursing schools and medical schools. Pennsylvania lags far behind national leaders in donor designation on driver’s licenses. Education in schools and instruction of those being trained as medical professionals can help remedy this by dispelling myths about donation.
The Donate Life PA Act also strengthens regulatory oversight by ensuring that all anatomical donations are initially referred to a federally-designated and regulated organ procurement organization (OPO). It also specifically prevents the type of unregulated recovery of tissue that led to the Biomedical Tissue Services scandal involving the theft of body parts at Pennsylvania funeral homes.
The Donate Life PA Act will help save the lives of people awaiting transplant in Pennsylvania. We ask for your support in passing this important legislation as soon as possible. Every day of delay puts more lives at risk.
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If you feel really zealous, those of you living in Pennsylvania could let your State Senator know your feelings on this.
Here are a few other links to help you along:
IF NOTHING ELSE......could you please sign this?
I thank you, as do the 8,541 (as of this very minute) people in Pennsylvania that are waiting for a transplant.
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