In the United States, all states have laws that forbid the removal of organs from a donor until after the donor has died, except in the case of altruistic living donations of a kidney or liver segment.
在美國，所有州分都有立法，規定器官捐贈者都必須要去世後方可把器官捐贈出去；利他目的的活體單邊腎臟、及部分活肝組織移植除外。