Persuasive Speech On Organ Transplants

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James is a 14-month-old boy; along with many other children that are in the hospital even though they should be learning how to play, crawl, and they should begin to laugh. There have been many children in the hospital waiting for months for a new pair of lungs. “James was put on the waiting list shortly after he was born and is still waiting on a match.” He is dying; what will you do, let them live or let them die? What would you say if I said you can decide the fate of these children and many others? The decision is yours, will you make the right one?
Organ transplants have a very important history. Unknown to many, some organ transplants have been recorded before 5 B.C. According to legend; a Roman Catholic was said to have chopped off a

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