[Las Vegas Ron]

What I meant was, what other would-be lung donation RECIPIENT will now be denied, since the girl will now get the lung they would have gotten?

Who's saying some other recipient will get denied?

The problem here is that government is involved, not natural order.

[plain talk]

“Who’s saying some other recipient will get denied?”

Well the demand exceeds supply so there is a waiting list. Many die waiting to get a lung. I guess you could say some were not denied per se but just couldn’t survive long enough to wait for one. My understanding is this judge’s actions only allow her to ‘compete’ and request a lung via the lung allocation system. She would then need to get on the waiting list and not sure if she can make it for several months ...

http://www.phaonlineuniv.org/Journal/Article.cfm?ItemNumber=638

http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Lung-transplant-patients-face-tough-odds-3998899.php#page-2

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/heart_and_lung_transplant/article_em.htm