An organ donor saved my life. But fear of unlikely botched donations hurts others.

An organ donor saved my life. But fear of unlikely botched donations hurts others.  
USA Today; by Kaitlyn Wells; 9/18/25 
As someone who is alive today because of an organ donation, I was alarmed by the news that Donate Life America, a nonprofit that oversees a national registry of organ donors, saw a 700% increase in donor registration withdrawals since July. That startling drop in donors followed reporting by The New York Times offering horrifying details of how in extremely rare instances, teams rushed to secure organs from patients who still showed a flicker of life.