Prejudice goes beyond unimaginable boundaries. Proof of this is the sad case that occurred in the United States with a hospital that denied the donation of a cornea from a dead teenager because he was gay.
According to the WashingtonPost website, AJ Betts He committed suicide at the age of 16 and left a document revealing his desire to donate his organs, which was accepted by his family.
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However, the mother Sheryl Moore She was surprised when she received a statement saying that the eyes were not donated because of AJ's sexual orientation. The statement was made by the Food and Drug Administration – which regulates food and medicines in the country.
According to the mother, this is an outdated attitude. "This is archaic! It's nonsense to deny that people can get the support they need to save lives because of 30-year-old regulations," Sheryl told KCCI.
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Sheryl was able to donate her son's other organs, such as lungs, heart, liver and kidneys. In fact, she claims that AJ is certainly very happy that his heart was donated to a 14-year-old boy. "He really would have liked that," Sheryl declared.
