THE TIME FOR
CHANGE IS NOW

  • 70% of economists surveyed by the American Economic Association say that the US should allow payments to organ donors and their families.
  • Nobel Prize winning economist Alvin Roth has come out in favor of state-level experiments in incentives for kidney donors.
  • Numerous public opinion polls show a majority of Americans support incentives for kidney donors.
  • Hundreds of transplant professionals, ethicists, religious leaders, academics and kidney donors signed an open letter to President Obama advocating for studies on increasing the number of living kidney donors.
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CHANGING PUBLIC OPINION
THROUGH THE INITIATIVE PROCESS

1996: California Becomes the First State to Legalize Marijuana for Medical Purposes

1996: National Polling Shows only 25% of Americans Favor Legalization

2015: Twenty-Three States and DC Have Legalized Marijuana for Medical Purposes

2015: National Polling Shows 53% of Americans Favor Legalization, Crosses 50% in 2013

We Have a Significantly Stronger Tailwind

2014: National polling shows 61% of Americans are supportive of financial incentives for kidney donation.

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National Environment Passage in California

1996: 25% in favor

1996: 55.6% of voters

2014: 61% in favor

2018: TBD