HIV and Health Advocates Submit Comments on Guidelines for Organ Donation to CDC

[SandraJane]

HIV and Health Advocates Submit Comments on Guidelines for Organ Donation to CDC

Guidelines revised for the first time since 1994

Date: 12/21/2011


http://www.lambdalegal.org/news/us_20111221_hiv-health-advocates



(New York, NY, December 21, 2011) —In comments submitted today to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Lambda Legal, the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA), AIDS United  and amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research say they are pleased that the CDC is updating guidelines for organ donation to include more current scientific information about HIV, but urge the agency to do more to maximize the supply of organs available for transplantation from medically qualified donors throughout our society, including gay men, bisexual men, and transgender people.

[lilacwoman]

I say that any country that has any sort of state medcial service has a duty to harvest organs from crash/shooting victims which leave good usable organs available.
do this and there is no need to risk using organs with a good risk of various infections.

also the economic consideration of using a organ that may be infected and need the recipient to be on lifelong medications must outweigh the need for organs off LGBTs?

I'm curious about the Chinese execution by shooting then harvesting organs.  Do the shooters aim for head to preserve most internals or just shoot where rheir conscience dictates and the harvesters have to make do with what usable bits are available?