Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This comment examines the constitutional and practical efficacy of the required response system to increasing the number of organs donated for transplantation each year. The required response system has been proposed by several organizations and authors as an effective method to increasing organ donation in the United States. The author asserts that the proposal for a national required response system has not received the attention it deserves given the potential this system has for relieving the chronic shortage of transplantable organs. This comment discusses the practical problems experienced with the current opt-in system, the constitutional issues associated with the opt-out system, and the ways in which the required response system can alleviate these problems.
First Page
365
Last Page
412
Publication Date
5-1-2006
Department
College of Law
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Richards, Abena
(2006)
"Don't take your organs to heaven...Heaven knows we need them here: Another Look at the Required Response System,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 26:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
Suggested Citation
Abena Richards, Comment, Don't take your organs to heaven…Heaven knows we need them here: Another Look at the Required Response System, 26 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 365 (2006).
