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CNN coverage: HHS shuts down Kentucky organ procurement group over safety concerns, August 5, 2026
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services release: HHS Decertifies Kentucky Organ Procurement Organization to Protect Patients, Restore Trust, August 5, 2026
Discussion with Renée M. Landers, Suffolk University law professor and faculty director of the health and biomedical law concentration, August 18, 2026
Email correspondence with Anne Zimmerman, bioethics attorney and editor-in-chief of Columbia University’s Voices in Bioethics, August 19, 2026
Conversation with Greg Segal, founder of the advocacy organization Organize, August 20, 2026
Written statements via email from Hilary Kleine, representative for Donate Life America, August 18–20, 2026
Email statement provided by the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, August 20, 2026
U.S. Government Accountability Office report: Systemic Issues Plague Life-Saving Organ Transplant Program, January 22, 2026
Associated Press report: US moves to shut a Kentucky organ donation group, citing safety failures, August 5, 2026
The Washington Post coverage: U.S. decertifies transplant group that tried to collect organs from living patients, August 5, 2026
National Donate Life Registry portal via RegisterMe.org, accessed August 17, 2026
Donate Life America informational portal: Frequently Asked Questions, accessed August 17, 2026
Donate Life California educational resources: Learn About What Tissues Can Be Donated, accessed August 17, 2026
National Institute on Aging guide: Frequently Asked Questions About Organ Donation for Older Adults, August 17, 2026
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration: 2025 National Survey of Organ Donation Attitudes and Practices: Report of Findings, July 2025
Health Resources and Services Administration data: Organ Donation Statistics, accessed August 18, 2026
NYU Langone Health release: More Organ Donations Now Come from People Who Die After Their Heart Stops Beating, February 26, 2026
Uniform Law Commission resource: Anatomical Gift Act, accessed August 18, 2026
Donate Life America reference: Organs and Tissues for Transplant, accessed August 18, 2026
Associated Press feature: More organs are being donated after the heart stops, not brain death. Policies are changing too, February 26, 2026
Texas Department of Public Safety portal, accessed August 19, 2026
Michigan government portal: License and ID information, accessed August 19, 2026
Donate Life America registry details via the National Donate Life Registry, accessed August 19, 2026
DC Department of Motor Vehicles guide: DC DMV REAL ID Driver License, accessed August 19, 2026
Health Resources and Services Administration portal: Sign Up To Be An Organ Donor, accessed August 19, 2026
Health Resources and Services Administration profile: A Record-Breaking Organ Donor Proves Age Is No Limit, accessed August 19, 2026
Health Resources and Services Administration informational page: Is There an Age Limit for Organ Donation, accessed August 19, 2026
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations guidance: Can I Be an Organ Donor? accessed August 19, 2026
Donor Alliance overview: Who Can’t Be an Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor? May 15, 2026
LifeSource FAQ: Would Certain Conditions or Diseases Make You Ineligible to Donate? December 11, 2022
HIVinfo.gov overview: Living With HIV: HIV and Transplant, April 9, 2025
Scientific American report: In world first, a man living with HIV received a lung transplant from an HIV-positive donor, June 19, 2026
Cleveland Clinic guide: Want To Be an Organ Donor? Here’s How To Register, April 10, 2026
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations video resource via YouTube, December 6, 2021
Penn State University publication: The Medical Minute: Six organ donation facts knock down six myths, April 10, 2024
Donate Life Kentucky resource: Understanding the Organ Donation Process: Donation After Brain Death (DBD) and Circulatory Death (DCD), July 22, 2025
UNOS information guide: Understanding Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD), July 11, 2025
Health Resources and Services Administration portal: Organ Donation FAQ, accessed August 19, 2026
Donate Life America reference: National Donate Life Registry and State Removal, accessed August 19, 2026
Johns Hopkins Medicine guidance on Advance Directives, accessed August 19, 2026
Health Resources and Services Administration overview: Organ Donation and Children, accessed August 19, 2026
Cornell Law School legal overview via the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, accessed August 19, 2026
JAMA research publication: Changes in Organ Donation After Circulatory Death in the United States, February 26, 2026
Mount Sinai medical resource: Donation after Neurological Death, accessed August 19, 2026
Uniform Law Commission standard: Determination of Death Act, accessed August 19, 2026
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy study via PubMed Central: Determination of Death and the Dead Donor Rule: A Survey of the Current Law on Brain Death, April 20, 2016
JAMA clinical focus: Brain Death | Critical Care Medicine, September 15, 2020
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations overview: Organ Procurement Organizations Services, accessed August 19, 2026
Donate Life America definition: Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCAs), accessed August 19, 2026
Current Transplantation Reports study via Springer Nature: Vascularized Composite Allografts: Procurement, Allocation, and Implementation, July 3, 2014
Health Resources and Services Administration notice: Establish Membership Requirements for Uterus Transplant Programs, accessed August 19, 2026
Donate Life America reference: Deceased Donation, accessed August 19, 2026
Neurology journal article via PubMed Central: Revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act to Align the Law With Practice Through Neurorespiratory Criteria, March 29, 2022
Health Resources and Services Administration guide: Donation After Life, accessed August 19, 2026
Health Resources and Services Administration historical overview: Donation & Transplantation History, accessed August 19, 2026
NPR report: A new proposal for organ donation sparks concern, July 9, 2026
New England Journal of Medicine perspective: The Dead Donor Rule and Organ Transplantation, August 14, 2008
Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance briefing: The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) Explained, Winter 2018
The New York Times investigation: Doctors Were Preparing to Remove Their Organs. Then They Woke Up, June 6, 2025
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations reference portal: Facts About Organ Donation, accessed August 20, 2026
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations infographic: AOPO Pathways Infographic, accessed August 20, 2026
The New York Times report: A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk, July 20, 2025
NPR feature: Debate simmers over when doctors should declare brain death, February 11, 2024
The Washington Post coverage: U.S. launches probe into possible fraud by organ collection groups, February 26, 2024
The Washington Post report: House panel examines organ retrieval missteps ‘fit for a horror movie’, July 22, 2025
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announcement: HHS to Close University of Miami’s Failing Organ Agency, September 18, 2025
Donate Life America data: Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Statistics, accessed August 20, 2026
Health Resources and Services Administration reporting portal: Reporting Allegations of Misconduct, accessed August 20, 2026
Associated Press report: People opt out of organ donation programs after reports of a man mistakenly declared dead, October 28, 2024
Healthcare Dive news brief: HHS moves to decertify organ procurement group over patient safety failures, August 7, 2026
Gift of Life Michigan facts portal: Organ & Tissue Donation Facts, accessed August 20, 2026
Gift of Life Michigan blog post: The Facts: Brain Death vs. Coma vs. Circulatory Death, November 4, 2024
Yale Law School event summary: Experts Discuss Organ Transplant System Reform With Focus on Racial Equity, February 7, 2024
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations statement: Protecting the Gift of Donation: Why AOPO Spoke Out on CMS’s Proposed Reimbursement Changes, June 11, 2026
The Washington Post report: RFK Jr. announces sanctions against organ transplant agency in Florida, September 18, 2025
American Society of Transplantation commentary: The Truth About Organ Donation: Facts Behind the Headlines, September 24, 2025
Health Resources and Services Administration update: OPTN Board Approves Policy Changes for Donation after Circulatory Death, August 20, 2026
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs research brief: Hep C-positive organs, safe and effective for most transplant recipients, August 12, 2021
NPR report: ‘Horrifying’ mistake to take organs from a living person was averted, witnesses say, October 17, 2024
The Washington Post coverage: Patient showed signs of life during organ harvest in N.J., House members allege, November 19, 2025
CNN report: New Jersey organ procurement organization under congressional investigation after ‘alarming’ whistleblower claims, November 19, 2025