Hi Suzieq, Thank you for the information. I was able to find something similar. You know that people sometimes have nothing better to do then make problems for other people, especially the weak and sick who may not have the resources to fight it, so they are taken advantage of. These people that are ill have so many more important things to do to just try and stay alive.
If someones life can be saved by a potential donor then why not offer them some sort of compensation. Something like a collage funding or things like that. These people that look to try and stop things like this may someday find themselves or one of their loved ones in this position and wished that they would have supported this. Anyway, I have posted the article below. Take care, and GOD bless you. Marty About 20,000 bone marrow transplants are performed annually in the USA to treat blood disorders such as leukemia and anemia, and in up to 30 percent of cases, the donor is a relative, usually a sibling. The remaining transplants use marrow from volunteer donors, who are strangers to the recipients. Worldwide, 14 million potential donors have signed up with bone marrow registries, including 8 million Americans. Although millions have registered to donate bone marrow, a lawsuit filed in federal court in California argues that too many patients are dying for want of a match. To encourage more prospective donors to sign up, the plaintiffs propose compensating bone marrow donors, a violation of the National Organ Transplant Act, which bans buying donor organs, including bone marrow. Violating the law carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and a $50,000 fine. The lawsuit, filed in October in California federal court against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, argues that the government should not put bone marrow in the same category as solid organs such as kidneys. The government filed a motion to dismiss in January, and a hearing on the motion is scheduled for March 15 in Los Angeles. Bone marrow — spongy tissue in the center of bones where blood cells and immune system cells are produced — grows back, but kidneys do not, says the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Justice, which filed the suit. On its site, the institute describes itself as "the nation's premier free-market public-interest law firm." Plaintiffs include a leading bone marrow transplant doctor and the mother of three children who will need a transplant to treat an inherited blood disorder. A third plaintiff, the California-based moremarrowdonors.org, wants to start a pilot project in which it would give donors $3,000 toward a scholarship, rent or mortgage payment or charitable contribution in their name. Moremarrowdonors.org's nonprofit status is pending, but the group is accepting donations earmarked for paying donors. On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Suzieq <[email protected]> wrote: > Marty: It was in one of the USA Today papers, the Life section, a > couple of weeks ago. I do not have it any longer, but the name of it > was "A Bone Marrow Price Tag?" Maybe you can log onto the USA Today > web site and find it in their archives and read it. > > Thanks, Suzieq > > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope
