{"id":9064,"date":"2025-02-28T10:14:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9064"},"modified":"2025-02-28T10:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:14:54","slug":"trump-urged-to-intervene-after-vance-relative-reportedly-denied-organ-transplant-over-covid-vax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/trump-urged-to-intervene-after-vance-relative-reportedly-denied-organ-transplant-over-covid-vax\/njackson\/2025\/02\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Urged To Intervene After Vance Relative Reportedly Denied Organ Transplant Over Covid Vax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Donald Trump is facing pressure to use his executive power to block hospitals from denying organ transplants for people not vaccinated against COVID-19<\/a> after reports emerged that Vice President JD Vance<\/a>\u2019s 12-year-old relative was reportedly denied a heart transplant over her COVID-19 vaccination status<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter to President Trump, Rep. Michael Rulli (R-Ohio) alongside Rep. Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) called on Trump to take action. Rep. Rulli said he was partially moved to act after hearing about Vance’s relative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter, signed by Rulli, Houchin and five other House Republicans, cited Trump\u2019s executive orders<\/a> ending COVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools and reinstating military service members who were discharged for not getting the vaccine. (RELATED: <\/strong>Trump Reinstates Service Members Discharged Over COVID-19 Vaccine In Executive Order Flurry<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Over the past week, it has come to light that multiple desperate Americans have been denied life-saving organ transplants due to their COVID-19 vaccination status,” the letter said. “This outrageous denial of care has affected some of our most vulnerable citizens \u2013 including a child from Indiana and a veteran from Ohio.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Houchin told<\/a> Fox News, “Patients \u2013 especially children \u2013 should never be turned away from care due to government-imposed mandates. This effort urges President Trump to take action to ensure no hospital or transplant center can discriminate against patients based on their decision to decline the COVID-19 vaccine.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“President Trump has done such a great job recently on executive orders,” Rulli told<\/a> Fox News Digital in an interview. “And I am asking President Trump if he sees this, to please do an executive order\u2026 because you could save someone’s life today.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The timing is everything. If we don’t get this done, people’s lives could be at risk.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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