Por: The Boston Globe Opinion February 08, 2023
The shortage of organs for transplant to those in need and growing worse. One strategy for meeting the need for . Since we have two kidneys, donating one has become a major source of transplants. In the United States, about a quarter of all kidneys transplanted come from living donors. As inspiring as this altruism is it has led to proposed organ donation legislation in Massachusetts that not only is lacking in respect for altruism but is... + full article
Associated Press USA Health February 22, 2023
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — The federal government is planning to allow states to use Medicaid funds to provide drugs to combat addiction and other medical services for people at state jails and prisons in an effort to help some of those most at risk of dying in the nation’s... + más
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The Daily Beast USA Nation February 16, 2023
In January, two Democratic state representatives, Judith Garcia and Carlos Gonzalez, that would offer prisoners in Massachusetts a new way to win reduction in their sentences: by donating their bone marrow or vital organs.The bill stated that the commissioner of the Department... + más
Organs in exchange for freedom? Bill raises ethical concerns | WPLG Local 10
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Associated Press USA Oddities February 09, 2023
BOSTON (AP) — A proposal to let Massachusetts prisoners donate organs and bone marrow to shave time off their sentence is raising profound ethical and legal questions about putting undue pressure on inmates desperate for freedom. The bill — which faces a steep climb in the... + más
Letting Inmates Donate Organs for Time Off? Bad Idea | The Daily Beast
WPLG Local 10 USA Politics February 09, 2023
BOSTON – A proposal to let Massachusetts prisoners donate organs and bone marrow to shave time off their sentence is raising profound ethical and legal questions about putting undue pressure on inmates desperate for freedom. The bill — which faces a steep climb in the... + más
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Slate USA Politics February 07, 2023
It’s difficult to be shocked by the criminal justice system. Decades of brutal policing and ballooning prison populations have led to an increasing public awareness that there is not a lot just about our justice system. But last week, a truly shocking bill was introduced in... + más
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Fox News USA Politics February 03, 2023
Prison inmates may be able to cut their sentences by up to a year for donating bone marrow or organs, thanks to a new bill.Bill HD. 3822 proposed by State Reps. Carlos Gonzalez, D, and Judith Garcia, D, requires the state commissioner for the Department of Corrections establish... + más
The Boston Globe USA Politics February 01, 2023
As thousands of residents sit on an organ donor waiting list, some Massachusetts legislators are touting a controversial remedy: Offer those in state prisons a chance to shave months, maybe a year, off their sentence in exchange for donating an organ or bone marrow.The program... + más
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