POLICY

Mondino, diputada electa de Milei, afirmó que el "mercado de órganos es algo fantástico"

The LLA leader defended the "transaction" of organs and regretted "that people believe that they are going to be cut into pieces." "A person I don't know can donate to me and do a chain of favors," he gave as an example. He also spoke out in favor of the Justina Law

  • 01/11/2023 • 22:03

The elected national representative of La Libertad Avanza (LLA) for the City of Buenos Aires, Diana Mondino, considered that "the organ market is something fantastic even if people believe that they are going to be cut into pieces," and she once again spoke out in favor to "cut subsidies to interurban transportation throughout the country. "The organ market is fantastic, but everyone thinks they are going to grab you on the street and cut you into little pieces to get a kidney. Market means transaction. For example, a person I don't know can donate to me and make a chain of favors," Mondino said in statements to Radio La Red. However, regarding organs, the future legislator spoke out in favor of the continuity of the so-called Justina Law that regulates organ donations in Argentina, in which all people over 18 years of age are donors unless they express their will to the contrary. . This is rule 27447, enacted in July 2018 and which is inspired by the case of Justina Lo Cane, a 12-year-old girl who died while waiting for a heart. "There is a notable misrepresentation with this issue. The Justina Law is also fantastic and must be applied," said Mondino, who also advises Milei on international issues. In this way, Mondino reiterated the arguments he expressed this Tuesday during an interview with LN+, where he assured that the organ market is "something radically different from sales" and that it is "a transaction" that does not necessarily imply a charge.