Category Archives: Lisa Blumberg

NDY Submits Public Comment on Proposal on Living Organ Donation By “Persons With Certain Fatal Diseases”

This is a complicated subject. It impacts people with disabilities in multiple ways, both as organ donors and recipients. But the tone and recommendations of the proposal by the Ethics Committee of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network needed a response. Some excerpts follow. The organ transplant program saves lives, including some of our organization’s … Continue reading NDY Submits Public Comment on Proposal on Living Organ Donation By “Persons With Certain Fatal Diseases”

Lisa Blumberg: What Principles Should Govern Charlie Gard’s Case?

The Charlie Gard case concerns a young British child with a very rare genetic condition that has currently left him unable to move, breathe or eat on his own. His parents wanted to take him to the United States for experimental treatment but his London doctors, believing he has suffered enough, wanted to turn off … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: What Principles Should Govern Charlie Gard’s Case?