The Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA), Legacy Donor Foundation and Southern Eye Bank take issue with a recent political ad depicting the recovery and sale of organs for transplantation. The 30-second commercial for an Orleans Parish Coroner candidate is misleading the public in the hope of obtaining last minute political gain.

The commercial promotes the very same myths and untruths that have taken many years to try to dispel, and that do deep harm to a community in need of life saving organ transplants.

The commercial erodes public trust in the donation process and is extremely offensive to donor families.  The basic fact is that, while the candidate is trying to win an election, Legacy Donor Foundation, LOPA, Southern Eye Bank, Donate Life Louisiana, Louisiana Transplant centers and doctors across the state are trying to save lives.

We ask the candidate to pull this damaging and deceptive political ad immediately and to apologize to the donor families and transplant recipients who have been hurt by it. This gross misrepresentation of the medical profession across the board has caused serious concern for many citizens in our community.

For facts about organ donation, visit www.donatelifela.org.

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