The Politics of Transplantation

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Congress, driven by an emotional desire to provide lifesaving therapies to children afflicted with liver disease and by legislators who believe that government should intervene more aggressively to help, is moving rapidly to enact legislation aimed at improving the nation's capacity to procure human organs for transplantation. Although President Reagan has taken the lead in encouraging the public to help secure livers for children whose lives may well depend on receiving an organ transplantation, the administration is opposed to legislation that seeks to address the problem, preferring instead to rely on voluntary action in the private sector.The debate surrounding . . .

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