Letters to the Editor » organ donation http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters Your views in 250 words or less Fri, 17 May 2013 21:16:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 HELMETS: Make them optional for organ donors http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2013/01/31/a-different-perception/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2013/01/31/a-different-perception/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:46:57 +0000 David Olivera http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/?p=62105 Riding a motorcycle without a helmet can actually save lives. My father has been alive the last 15 years because he received a new heart from a helmetless rider.

Maybe riding without a helmet should be optional if the rider has signed up as an organ donor. Since the helmet laws went into effect, there has been a significant drop in available organs.

]]> Riding a motorcycle without a helmet can actually save lives. My father has been alive the last 15 years because he received a new heart from a helmetless rider.

Maybe riding without a helmet should be optional if the rider has signed up as an organ donor. Since the helmet laws went into effect, there has been a significant drop in available organs.

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