just a friendly reminder that undocumented immigrants are allowed to donate organs but arent allowed to recieve transplants
in the us, according to the american medical asspciation journal of ethics, “Though there is no legislation that prevents illegal immigrants from obtaining transplants in the United States, lack of insurance coverage accomplishes that end [7, 8]. ”
http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2008/04/msoc1-0804.html
There have been cases where undocumented immigrants have received organs, as noted in that article.
also, from the dept of health and human services:
http://www.organdonor.gov/faqs.html
"Can non-resident aliens donate and receive organs?
Non-resident aliens can both donate and receive organs in the United States. Organs are given to patients according to medical need, not citizenship. In 2001, 334 (2.7%) of the 12,375 organ donors were non-resident aliens. In this same year, 259 (1%) of the 23,998 transplants performed were on non-resident aliens.”
dont spread misinfo plz, as if this is about a country other than america im pretty sure 90% of those reblogging have no idea