Compulsory Organ Donation

NerveAgent said:
I reckon they should leave it as opt-in...with a twist. If you don't opt-in, then you may not have the privilege of other peoples organs if you become ill.
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ooo...i like this.

Why should anyone be entitled to an organ, if they wouldn't have been willing to give one away in the event that they had died?
 
NerveAgent said:
I reckon they should leave it as opt-in...with a twist. If you don't opt-in, then you may not have the privilege of other peoples organs if you become ill.
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Which although agreeable and always met with warm welcome on OCUK.....will never happen and is kinda a step back for society.
 
Vanilla said:
I'm against this. It's a matter of rights over wants. Principle over practicality.

The notion is that all your assets belong to the state. If we choose to share these 'assets' that is up to us based on our duty to give - it's not to be taken.

Even Brown's own task force he set up to research this have found it to be a woeful idea and will firmly oppose it.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/minette_marrin/article5162506.ece
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Once you die, you no longer own any 'assets', as ownership of anything and being dead are mutually exclusive.
 
The main problem I see with organ donation is I wouldn't want my lungs to a smoker who will just kept smoking afterwards, or my liver going to an alcoholic.

I'd want my family to give the go-ahead on any donations of my organs so I prefer the current system. I'll be more than willing to donate organs to people who really need them and will look after them.
 
Kemik said:
The main problem I see with organ donation is I wouldn't want my lungs to a smoker who will just kept smoking afterwards, or my liver going to an alcoholic.

I'd want my family to give the go-ahead on any donations of my organs so I prefer the current system. I'll be more than willing to donate organs to people who really need them and will look after them.
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And with the current opt-in system, doctors screen patients for suitability.

The only types of people that get organs that they continue to screw up are the rich and famous.
 
i'd happily give up my organs not sure how much use they'd be though i'm a fairly unhealthy person, but if they would be able to use them i'd be mroe than happy
 
Its nto the theory of donating your organs when your dead that wories me, its the 'greed' factor say of some people that will see it as an easy way to get out of debt as they know that person X, who only has a 50/50 chance of living and even if they do, they are wheelchair bound, but has a 100% working spleen knows that person Y who has been waiting for 8 months and is rich has hinted that a money rward would be forthcoming if this person didnt make it and his name got to the top of the list.

It happens nowadays without this law, so adding this law, chopping up before anyone can say no, is ti me a route i dont want to see taken. I thik it has to be thought out a lot more than it is now before saying we have to opt out.

Take it one step futher, what about still borns, can we take there organs without asking any one? or the stem cells ect...

Im not trying to cause an argument, although reading this back, it does seem like it lol, and no, i dont have proof, nor am i good at arguing in words on a screen, but im still dubious of going to a place to 'get better', dont get the 'superbug', get past the operation, only to find i wake up with a kidney missing as they found i had one that matches another person so they took it.

they asked if i minded but as i didnt say anything at the time the law says they can take it and use it... far fetched i agree, but its only a small step from the way its going. maybe...

Colin
 
it is a valid point though, it does cheapen the thought of donating somewhat when you consider the recipient of your organs has just paid for it. Maybe i'm naive in thinking this but I had just naturally assumed that the organs once harvested were fairly distributed.
 
colinuk said:
Its nto the theory of donating your organs when your dead that wories me, its the 'greed' factor say of some people that will see it as an easy way to get out of debt as they know that person X, who only has a 50/50 chance of living and even if they do, they are wheelchair bound, but has a 100% working spleen knows that person Y who has been waiting for 8 months and is rich has hinted that a money rward would be forthcoming if this person didnt make it and his name got to the top of the list.

It happens nowadays without this law, so adding this law, chopping up before anyone can say no, is ti me a route i dont want to see taken. I thik it has to be thought out a lot more than it is now before saying we have to opt out.

Take it one step futher, what about still borns, can we take there organs without asking any one? or the stem cells ect...

Im not trying to cause an argument, although reading this back, it does seem like it lol, and no, i dont have proof, nor am i good at arguing in words on a screen, but im still dubious of going to a place to 'get better', dont get the 'superbug', get past the operation, only to find i wake up with a kidney missing as they found i had one that matches another person so they took it.

they asked if i minded but as i didnt say anything at the time the law says they can take it and use it... far fetched i agree, but its only a small step from the way its going. maybe...

Colin
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Erm, they only take things if you are DEAD, lol
 
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