Teen suicide victim’s eyes were rejected by FDA as donor organs because he was gay
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The FDA has blocked the donation of a teen suicide victim's eyes because he was gay, it has emerged. Alexander 'A.J.', Betts Jr., 16, of Pleasant Hills, Iowa, committed suicide in July 2013 after enduring more than 18 months of ridicule when he was outed as gay. Before his death he had registered as an organ donor. [...]
'We think it's time for the FDA to take a serious look at this policy, because it's out of step with peer countries, it's out of step with modern medicine, it's out of step with public opinion, and we feel it may be legally problematic,'; Glenn Cohen, a bioethics law professor for Harvard Law School told CBS.
Cohen argued the ban was contradictory as it only banned men who had sex with HIV-positive women or prostitutes for a single year. [...]