SALT LAKE CITY -- A national organization is trying a new way to promote organ donation, but some are saying it will not work.
LifeSharers, a Tennessee-based non-profit organization, is building a nationwide network of organ donors who agree to give their organs, upon death, first to fellow members of the group.
Dave Undis founded the organization in 2002 to try to influence more people to become organ donors. It has since grown more than 14,800 members, 69 of whom live in Utah.
"I kept reading stories about people dying, waiting for organ transplants," he said. "I was amazed at how many people are unwilling to donate. What would happen if you had to be an organ donor in order to get a transplant?"
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