Join South Carolina s new organ donation campaign . Every 16 minutes, someone is added to the transplant waiting list in the United States. Someone s mother. Someone s son.
Someone s best friend.
More than 68,000 people across the country wait for transplants that will save their lives. Recent proposals to change the national system for allocation of donated organs spotlight the need for increasing organ donation. A lack of donors puts hundreds of South Carolinians who need organs at risk every day. South Carolina s Governor Jim Hodges supports a new, statewide campaign to raise awareness for organ donation. I fully support the effort to increase the supply of organs and tissues, and to help inform South Carolinians about the importance of sharing their lives and sharing their decisions.