federal law prohibits buying and selling organs in the U.S. and violators are punished to the fullest extent of the law.

anyone and everyone can sign up to be a donor regardless of medical history. Organ and tissue viability will be evaluated at the time of death or to evaluate for living donation.

most major religions in the U.S. do support donation and view it as a final, selfless gift. Check out our faith and donation handout for more info.

if an open casket funeral was an option before donation, it will still be an option after donation. Donors are always treated with the utmost respect.

your donation costs nothing extra to your family.

doctors are never authorized to remove any organs until the donor is declared brain dead and all known life saving measures have failed.

thousands of living donors are able to donate healthy organs each year. A living donation is a viable option and common for kidney, partial liver, and partial lung donations. Living donation is also possible with blood and bone marrow

organ donation has been subject to dramatization in TV and movies in the past. This perpetuates misconceptions about organ donation that simply aren’t true.

there’s no age limit to organ donation. Donors under 18 can make their decision known to their guardians!