New Mexico State Senator Introduces Legislation Promoting Umbilical Cord Donation for Stem Cell Treatment

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Medical News Today 08 Feb 2005

New Mexico State Senator Introduces Legislation Promoting Umbilical Cord

Donation for Stem Cell Treatment

New Mexico state Sen (D) on Wednesday introduced legislation...

(SB 605) that would require doctors to inform pregnant women about umbilical

cord blood donations and compel hospitals to allow such donations in an effort

to promote stem cell treatment in the state, the AP/RedNova News reports. The

Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Act would provide the state's Department of Health

with $25,000 to publish and distribute pamphlets with information concerning

umbilical cord blood donation. According to , approximately 400

cord-blood transplants take place annually in New Mexico (AP/RedNova News, 2/3).

Florida, Illinois, Texas and land currently have laws promoting cord-blood

donations, and another four states are considering similar laws, according to a

memo to from the New Mexico Legislative Council Service (Terrell,

Santa Fe New Mexican, 2/3).

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