NJ Senate Approves Jaden's Law
Thursday, 10 June 2010 23:34 Written by admin Last Updated on Thursday, 10 June 2010 23:41
TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senators Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) and Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) to promote bone marrow and blood stem cell donation awareness received final legislative approval today in the Senate.
“Jaden’s Law” was named in honor of 3-year-old Jaden Hilton, a New Jersey boy who lost his battle with Leukemia on January 29, 2007 after he was unable to find a bone marrow match. None of his family members were matches and, because of the low number of minorities in the national registry, he was unable to find a match in the donor pool. Read the full story
