Organ harvesting

Legislature

Bill establishing criminal penalties for organ harvesting clears Alabama committee

State lawmakers advanced legislation adding Class C felony penalties for medical examiners harvesting organs after hearing about alleged 2024 abuses.

Jacob Holmes

January 16, 2026

House passes bill creating Felony charge for organ retention

Multiple lawsuits have alleged that UAB Medical Center retained organs from individuals who died inside Alabama prisons without obtaining the consent of family members.

Jacob Holmes

April 26, 2024

Opinion

Legislature unites over bill against unauthorized organ retention in autopsies

Our government should not be able to take a person’s organs without first asking the family.

Shaun Traywick

March 22, 2024

New bill to prevent organ harvesting filed in the Legislature

At least three families have received the bodies of their incarcerated loved ones after their death with organs missing.

Patrick Darrington

February 26, 2024