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The Neglect Of The Umbilical Cord: Ohio's Failure To Adequately Promote Banking Of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells And The Need For New Legislation, Shannon Folger
Journal of Law and Health
Because current legislation, including OH H.B. 237, is insufficient in that it does not have the potential to significantly increase the number of cord blood donations, it will be necessary to enact legislation that is more demanding. Such legislation should be modeled after current "required request" organ donation laws, which mandate that health professionals actively pursue organ donations by expressly asking the family to consent to donation. Modeled after these laws, better legislation will not only require that state health departments generate information about donation opportunities, but also that health professionals then provide each maternity patient with materials about cord …