Today ( Feb. 21, 2012) in the Maryland legislature, the House Health and Government Operations Committee held a hearing on HB 449, a bill to grant health care surrogates the power to donate “non-vital” organs (a kidney or lobe of a liver) of a person diagnosed to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS).
I know of four organizations that provided testimony, none of which is available online, though I have copies.
The Maryland Disability Law Center, the MD protection and advocacy agency, registered concern about the potential for misuse.
Gee-What could go wrong with this???
Our bodies as technological products that can be deconstructed for recycling to more profitable uses. More sophisticated than "Soylent Green".Since PVS has a 40% diagnostic error rate, this bill really is about medical control and money.