Steve and the Governator mark transplant bill signing

In a ceremony commemorating California's SB 1395, the world's most well-known liver transplant recipient and the world's only former killer future robot turned politician posed for photos. Jobs and Schwarzenegger were at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Stanford, CA to mark the signing of the transplant bill into law.

Both men have been active sponsors of the measure, which establishes a live donor registry for kidney transplants and sets up a binary opt-in/opt-out system for organ donation via the DMV. While Californians were able to register as organ donors before when getting or renewing a driver's license, the new system requires that they explicitly choose to be a donor or not to be a donor.

Jobs received a liver transplant in 2009; he chose to register as a transplant candidate in Memphis, TN rather than in California in order to improve his odds of getting a donor organ in time to salvage his health. In his remarks at the March announcement of the bill, Steve noted that 400 Californians died waiting for donor organs in 2009.

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tuaw

"Steve noted that 400 Californians died waiting for donor organs in 2009"

A whole lot fewer would have died if paying donors (or their estates in some cases) for their organs were legal.

October 06 2010 at 6:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Michael Rose

That does not follow from any rational economic, social or moral analysis -- unless you are assuming that all 400 dead Californians were independently wealthy, or that insurance companies would reimburse patients for the cost of purchasing transplant organs on the open market.

October 07 2010 at 9:01 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

tuaw

When did "a lot fewer" start meaning "all"? I'd bet a lot of people would donate a kidney (or a decedent's kidney) for a modest sum, say $25,000. Livers are an even easier sell since they're regenerable. Hardly outside the means of a network of not-rich family and friends. Then there are charities to consider: American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Kidney Foundation, plus new ones that would be formed. That's a lot of money that could be made available for open-market transplant organs. Even if only 100 of the 400 were saved, by my apparently irrational moral analysis that's a lot of good being done.

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Ian

Looks like the Terminator has a wussy handshake. First rule of being a man...have a strong hand shake. He has that "half hand shake/ half you should kiss my hand cause I am a lady" hand shake.

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SubGenius

No. That is the "Trump" overhanded shake. Arnold has the upper hand.

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Norman

He's the new Johnny Cash ;)

October 06 2010 at 7:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

DanCool

First killer robot turned politician? Have you ever heard of Al Gore?

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