A 17-year-old girl from Seville will be able to donate part of her liver to her 6-month-old daughter To save his life, this is the only way to avoid the current congenital malformation of the liver that prevents the child from eliminating bilirubin. The court of Seville has made an unprecedented decision, since until now the law prohibited a minor from donating an organ.
But do not be confused, the law is not changed, it is only an exception. The current law is necessary because it protects minors by preventing possible abuse. The mother will be of legal age in a few months, until then it is the judge who will be in charge of supplying the “capacity of the child”. Through television and other media we have been able to verify that the integrity and maturity of the young mother is exemplary, we could say that she is even a much more mature and responsible mother than others who are of legal age. The laws are necessary but they must contemplate some exceptions, in this case fortunately one of them has been given, since otherwise, the law condemned to death a baby whose only chance of survival was the transplantation of part of the organ of his mother. Anyway, although the young mother can already make the donation, it will not yet be effective while waiting for the donated organ of a corpse to appear, the transplant of the mother's liver to the daughter will be effective as a last resort.
We assume that the rest of Spanish minor mothers who are in the same situation, about 33 in total, may have the same right if the case arises, since the law must be the same for everyone and the Sevillian court ruling has created precedent .
