We need a national program to increase stem cell/bone marrow donor registrations linked to voter registrations as well as driver license and motor vehicle registrations and renewals.  Americans are given the option to become organ donors when applying for and renewing their driver license and we need to do the same for stem cell and bone marrow donor registrations.

Similarly, as we swab people to test for COVID-19, we can make available the option for cheek swabs or at least a handout to register to be a stem cell or bone marrow donor.

Additionally, we need to establish a unified informed consent program throughout the United States whereby women giving birth are given the option of banking their babies' cord blood. As it stands right now, an overwhelming majority of expectant mothers and parents are unaware of this option and cord blood all too often ends up as medical waste.  In California, SB 112 was passed into law to ensure that women are informed of their breast biopsy and treatment options. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/93-94/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_112_bill_931001_chaptered

We have long-standing precedence for these life-saving initiatives.