Vietnam Drops Child Organ Donor Plan After Backlash
Vietnam has scrapped a proposal on child organ donors after strong backlash. The newly revised draft still allows living minors to donate regenerative tissue, for bone marrow or stem cell transplants, to family members when no suitable adult donor is available.
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Context: Organ donation rules are sensitive because minors cannot give full consent, so many countries limit donations by children. Regenerative tissue such as bone marrow can regrow, which is why it is treated differently from organs like kidneys.
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