Organ Donation Group Sues Over Arkansas Law That Lets Families Stop Transplants

Southern Legacy of Life says the law is unconstitutional.

An empty hospital bed, in an undated file photograph. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

A nonprofit that procures organs from deceased individuals has sued Arkansas over a new law that allows relatives to block organ donations, arguing the measure would disrupt the nation’s transplant system.

The law “causes utter chaos to the existing system of national organ donation, the result of which will be a certain loss of life,” Southern Legacy of Life, an organ procurement organization, said in a July 31 filing obtained by The Epoch Times.