14-04-2025
Alabama lawmakers filed a bill allowing unvaccinated people to be on the organ donation list
ALABAMA (WDHN) – Alabama lawmakers at the house have filed a bill that will prevent health care providers from interfering on the donation of an organ over a person's vaccine status.
Alabama state Representative, Ernie Yarbrough of Trinity, filed this bill to help people who decide not to get vaccinated the opportunity to be on the organ donation list in Alabama.
The bill is also called The Adaline Deal Act, in honor of the 12-year-old girl from Indiana, who is distantly related to Vice President JD Vance.
Deal's parents said she has been restricted a spot on the heart transplant list because she has not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and the flu.
Her mother, Jeneen said she believes the vaccinations are unsafe.
The couple adopted Adaline from China when she was 4 years old, and she was born with two hear conditions.
The family start a GoFundMe for her condition, and they said they're using the money to take her to a different transplant center that won't require her to be vaccinated.
According to the American Journal of Transplantation, Transplant centers set their own vaccine requirements.
Under this newly filed bill, Alabama's Attorney General would be authorized to push a $50,000 fine against any person that denied an organ donation due someone not being vaccinated.
The bill is currently awaiting action at the House Committee on Health.
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