LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A national group facilitating organ donations has filed a lawsuit to halt changes to the Arkansas organ donation law.
Officials with Little Rock-based Southern Legacy of Life (SLL) filed a lawsuit on Thursday to halt Act 861 from going into effect. Act 861 changed the law by allowing someone with power of attorney, relatives or guardians of an organ donor to halt their organ donation.
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The act also requires any organ procurement organization to report to the legislative council each year its activity level and the number of times a donation was halted under the terms of Act 861.
SLL officials said Act 861 has the potential to impact dozens of lives each year in Arkansas…