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Largest U.S. Kidney Patient Group Tells Disney CEO Robert Iger to Hold The View Co-Host Joy Behar Publicly Accountable for Saying Kidney Donation is Contingent Upon Political Beliefs of Transplant Recipient
My opinion: As a person in need of a kidney, I find her offensive all the way around. It takes 7 years for me to get a kidney on average from a deceased door. Faster if its a living donor.
In response, AAKP issued the following formal statement:
“We call upon Walt Disney Corporation Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Iger to immediately hold Joy Behar publicly accountable and demand that she publicly apologize for her attempt to create a permission structure to deny a life-saving kidney donation to another human being based solely on political beliefs and her twisted justification that the denial is moral or ethical. In fact, her comments were morally repugnant, unethical, and an insult to the underlying sensibilities of every organ donor, donor family, kidney patient, and person of goodwill. Every day in America, hundreds of thousands of families and friends witness the devastating health and financial impacts of kidney disease and kidney failure as loved ones struggle, and prematurely die, on dialysis while awaiting a life-saving organ transplant. And, every day across America, thoughtful people who truly value life and ethics make the courageous and selfless decision to donate a kidney to save another human being with zero regard to the recipient’s political beliefs.
My opinion: As a person in need of a kidney, I find her offensive all the way around. It takes 7 years for me to get a kidney on average from a deceased door. Faster if its a living donor.
In response, AAKP issued the following formal statement:
“We call upon Walt Disney Corporation Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Iger to immediately hold Joy Behar publicly accountable and demand that she publicly apologize for her attempt to create a permission structure to deny a life-saving kidney donation to another human being based solely on political beliefs and her twisted justification that the denial is moral or ethical. In fact, her comments were morally repugnant, unethical, and an insult to the underlying sensibilities of every organ donor, donor family, kidney patient, and person of goodwill. Every day in America, hundreds of thousands of families and friends witness the devastating health and financial impacts of kidney disease and kidney failure as loved ones struggle, and prematurely die, on dialysis while awaiting a life-saving organ transplant. And, every day across America, thoughtful people who truly value life and ethics make the courageous and selfless decision to donate a kidney to save another human being with zero regard to the recipient’s political beliefs.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 7, 2025
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jennifer Rate
Director, Communications &
Digital Operations
jrate@aakp.org
(813) 400-2394
Jennifer Rate
Director, Communications &
Digital Operations
jrate@aakp.org
(813) 400-2394