- Michigan organ donation advocates pinpoint teen education as a key to increasing organ donor rolls
- Bills to educate teens and the public about organ donation are currently under consideration in Lansing
- Other Midwest states mandate organ donation education
While Michigan organ donor registrations have jumped in recent years, the state’s 58% registration rate trails the national rate of 63%, according to available data.
Among the reasons: Young people are holding back Michigan’s registration numbers.
About 35% of new teenage drivers sign up to become organ donors in Michigan, according to Patrick Wells-O’Brien, vice president of communications and external relations at Gift of Life Michigan, a nonprofit that operates the state’s federally designated organ and tissue recovery program…