Kansas teen pushes for fewer organ donation restrictions
June 8, 2018
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Starting July 1, those applying for a driver's license, renewing a license or adjusting to an expired license will have a much easier time signing up as organ donors.
All this thanks, at least partially, to a kid who isn't even of legal driving age.
Elliott Whisenant, a junior at Free State High School, said he simply saw a problem, identified a solution and worked with State Rep. Tom Sloan to help make Kansas House Bill 2472 — which lessens restrictions on organ donations — a legal reality.
The bill was signed into law last month after receiving unanimous votes in both t...
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