Bill would ban bias in transplants (New Jersey)

[Guest guest]

" State Senate President M. Sweeney said Thursday he’ll introduce a bill that would prevent hospitals from discriminating against developmentally disabled people who need organ transplants.In a statement, Sweeney said people with developmental disabilities “should not be treated as second-class citizens. Their disabilities do not make them any less human or worthy of respect and common decency.

Sweeney, a Democrat from West Deptford, said his bill “would prevent this kind of treatment from ever happening to someone who seeks care at a hospital in New Jersey.”http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20120120/NEWS01/301200035/Bill-would-ban-bias-transplants