I’m not sure why the federal government is involved in this decision, it should be up to her doctors and parents.
What difference does it make if she’s 10 and it lasts for 5 years and if someone is 12 and it lasts for 5 years?
Human organs don’t grow on trees (yet). Transplants involves trade in human organs across state lines.
Whom do you suggest be in charge of that dicey bit of commerce, the National Retail Association?
The federal government set up a board of doctors and transplant specialists to develop medical criteria to govern the system of harvesting organs and then assigning them to recipients.
Should politicians and Sebelius then intervene in the medical decisions of the experts because of media publicity?