Organ-Izer
Richard Brodsky, candidate for New York Attorney General, wants more than taxes out of us. He wants our organs.
Brodsky, whose daughter received two kidney transplants, is promoting a law, called ‘presumed consent,’ that assumes all New Yorkers will provide livers, kidneys, hearts and corneas upon our death unless we opt out. In 2009, according to the New York Organ Network, 9,600 needed an organ transplant, but the number of NY deceased organ donors only reached 423. Just 13% of the state’s 18 and older population provides consent for organ donation. Mr. Brodsky imagines the number of pancreas he could harvest from the total state death count.
I am all for promoting more organ donation. Doctors need to explain the program’s benefits. Religious leaders will help by assuring all you can get to heaven without your kidneys. The motor vehicles department may consider a license renewal discount for donors.
One reason New York is facing bankruptcy, despite the highest taxes in the land, is due to politicians promoting individual pet projects and exchanging votes with colleagues promoting their own pet projects. It is like trading baseball cards, or in Brodsky’s case – imagine livers flopping on the trading table. The cost of government increases, our rights decrease, deficits grow, and business ‘escape from New York.’
Say ‘yes’ to promoting more voluntary organ donations. Say ‘no’ an imposed chopping block for our citizens.
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