In some cases people as young as 19 are being asked to act as liver donors for their parents.

At one hospital, when a young man offered to be a liver donor for his mother, surgeons rejected him because he had a baby.

Before a suitable liver donor was found in June, Mantle came within perhaps a few days of dying.

I think myself, I would be hesitant to participate as a liver donor.

In 2002, 353 people became living liver donors, and 6,234 were live kidney donors.

Dr. Broelsch said he expected the risk to the liver donor to be low.

Some experts say the odds of death for a liver donor can be as high as 1 in 100.

Mr. Reagan has often appealed to the public to find liver donors for sick children.

He was recently drugged and kidnapped in order to be a liver donor for Stefano.

Given the risk and the potential for family pressure, should we permit people to become liver donors?