It says she stopped drinking at the age of 17. I can't think of a better person to give it to. It's very rare for someone's liver to get so diseased so young. I'm against giving it to men in their 60's and 70's who have lived their lives and made their choices for many years. Man, you're tough.
Me either. I think this is exactly the kind of decision American surgeons wrestle with all the time: To transplant, or not to transplant?
In this case, a young girl who quit drinking at age 17, but who, starting at age 12, managed to trash her own liver in five years, and now wants a second chance, deserves it, I say!
What does society have to lose, one measly liver? C'mon, give her another chance. What are we, the Taliban? She's learned her lesson (we hope), and has nothing but remorse for what she did. She was immature when she did it, legally unaccountable, had bad guidance and horrible supervision . . . For Heaven's sake, give the poor girl another shot! If she lets us down and starts drinking again, she lets herself down a thousand times worse.