[ST] Non-ST - New Mexico's Motordonor bill

["Bailey, Doug" <DBailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Read below about New Mexico's motordonor bill.   Why not add that cagers not
wearing seatbelts be automatic donors.  And heck, why stop there.  Why not
just require that everybody who dies, despite how, be required to donate
their organs since there is such a great need.  I know why, because the
senator who proposed this bill is already brain dead himself.
Doug Bailey "Hound Dawg

Jan. 30 - The AMA has expressed its outrage at a proposed law in New Mexico
that could make some motorcyclists into forced organ donors. The proposal,
introduced in the New Mexico Legislature by state Sen. Allen Hurt
(R-Waterflow), would allow the harvesting of organs from any motorcyclist
who doesn't wear a helmet and is declared brain dead as a result of an
accident. Hurt's bill, designated Senate Bill 239, specifically states that:
"a person operating a motorcycle without a helmet and who, as the result of
an accident, is pronounced brain dead pursuant to Section 12-2-4 NMSA 1978
by a licensed physician shall become an organ donor regardless of whether
the person made an anatomical gift by completing the organ donor
statement..." If the bill becomes law, it would take effect on July 1. The
AMA, which represents more than 250,000 motorcyclists across the country,
said that Hurt's proposal represents a new low in the relationship between
anti-motorcycling government officials and riders. "Organ donation is a
noble cause that truly can represent the gift of life for people faced with
some terminal illnesses," noted Sean Maher, AMA director of state affairs.
"But making the commitment to become an organ donor must remain a private
decision left to each person. "Classifying an entire group of citizens as
nothing more than organs to be harvested isn't just demeaning to
motorcyclists, it's offensive to all Americans," he said. The AMA is
organizing opposition to the Hurt proposal. New Mexico motorcyclists can
help by going to the StateWatch section of the AMA Rapid Response Center
<http://capwiz.com/amacycle/issues/alert/?alertid=1328131&type=CU>. There,
they can send letters of protest to their state lawmakers.


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