Update for anyone else who may find it useful:
You need to fill out Form 8283: https://āāwww.irs.gov/āāpub/āāirs-pdf/āāf8283.pdf
You can calculate the āFair Market Valueā of the stock(s) you donated by averaging the highest and lowest price of that stock on the day you donated it. I used this page to find that, but you can replace āMSFTā in the URL with whatever stock it is you sold.
https://āāwww.wsj.com/āāmarket-data/āāquotes/āāMSFT/āāhistorical-prices
Yes, agreed.
I donāt believe it to be utilitarian to arbitrarily link two unrelated actions (donating money and, separately, taking a life).
The reason for taking the life would never be because itās enjoyable or convenient, it would only be if it is in direct service of saving the other lives.