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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Calling this eugenics is unfair. Organs have always been allocated on the basis of projected lifespan.  She has wolf-hirschhorn, and the support site claims only that there are "several" living adults with it  that is not encouraging  This is why a 90 year old wont get that transplant either  What else can be done when organs are in short supply?

If the family finds a match in a family member they will probably get a transplant as long as the donor is a consenting adult despite what the mother reported. But they probably don't have a match. [/quote]

I disagree that it is unfair to call this eugenics.  The doctor who spoke to the mother cited her intellectual disability as the reason she was being denied the transplant, even from a living family member.  If that is what the doctor said, that is appalling.  The hospital should not be making decisions about transplants based on perceived quality of life issues associated with cognitive disabilities.  There could be reasonable medical reasons to deny someone with very fragile health a transplant, but to say, "she is mentally retarded and because of the way that impairs her quality of life she should not receive a transplant," is wrong!

Let's say, for the sake of argument, that she would survive the surgery and live for a number of years in reasonably good health, but as a person with a severe cognitive disability.  Are there still people on here who think that just on the basis of her quality of life due to her cognitive delay she should not be allowed to receive a kidney from a willing family member or friend?  [/quote]

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