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[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

Since no one has mentioned it, USA has the same policy basically.

[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

And for good reason, really. The supply of livers is too small to save everyone who needs them, so they give them to the people most likely to have a successful outcome. Basically every lived given to one person is sentencing another person to death. That's just reality with supply being what it is.

[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

Their boyfriend volunteered as a live donor. They weren't asking to be put on the general register.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Which was determined to be unlikely to be successful given her condition, so she would have just died in the attempt.

[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

Read the article again. It said early on her chances were actually quite good, something like 80%

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