MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Thursday advanced a bill making it a crime for medical examiners to retain a deceased person’s organs without permission.
The legislation was introduced after several families said inmates’ bodies came back from autopsies with their hearts or other internal organs missing. The House of Representatives vote 89-1 for the proposal. The bill now moves to the Alabama Senate.
State law currently requires medical examiners to have permission to retain organs unless it is done for identification or determining a cause of death. The bill would make it a felony for a medical examiner to retain a deceased person’s organs without getting that permission from “the appropriate next of kin.”
The families of several men who died while incarcerated filed federal lawsuits alleging that their loved ones’ bodies were missing organs when they were returned after state autopsies.
“We’re just letting people know that we are paying attention, and the law needs to be followed,” Rep. Chris England, the bill’s sponsor, said.
England said the issue was not on his “bingo card” for the year, but it became necessary to introduce. The bill was approved with little debate.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan takes on 7 other horses in the 149th PreaknessDodgers demote struggling OF James Outman to the minors as part multiple roster movesHeise scores 2 goals as Minnesota beats Toronto 4Nootbaar, Winn hit 2'Snow Town' attracting tourists to HeilongjiangChinese scientists create multiChina calls for strengthened flood control in Yangtze, Taihu Lake basinsChina to establish national park at Qinghai LakeChina develops first 100 kg vehicleMillennium
2.8632s , 6501.4921875 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by House approves bill to criminalize organ retention without permission ,International Insight news portal