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Organ donation registers should move from an opt-in to an opt-out system

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Disagree		48%	87 votes	Total: 181 votes
Agree		52%	94 votes	Total: 181 votes

Disagree

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by Karon Brandt

I am an organ donor myself. I have signed forms to donate my whole body for scientific research and directed medical personnel to take whatever organs they want. In fact, I...read more
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by Joseph Whalen

The old adage "you can't take it with you" is never truer than when it comes to the topic of organ donation. While you can take your organs with you, what purpose does it serve...read more
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by Rosalie Simone

To assume everyone is in optimum health at the time of (traumatic) death, their organs are "clean" of parasites, viruses, or cancer seed cells and allow the automatic harvesting...read more
4 of 11
by Rhonda Tremaine

I do understand the many benefits of organ donation. Patients wait endlessly for a match and if they fail to be aligned with a suitable donor they die, and that is sad. But from...read more
5 of 11
by Pedro Miranda

There is one good reason behind making organ donation an opt-out of program instead of an opt-in program. That is to increase the availability of donated organs. It seems a no-b...read more
6 of 11
by Penny Phillip

The word 'donation' implies that someone freely consents to give away something (in this case, an organ) to another. The very concept of free consent, which underlies not just o...read more
7 of 11
by Charm

Let's keep in mind that this is not a debate about organ donation and it's pros and cons. It's a debate about keeping aware of what Big Brother is doing and keeping him accounta...read more
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by Soozy Bee

Ok, so there is a shortage of donors! So what, there are a lot of people who feel that they don't want to give the organs or the fact they are unable to give parts of their body...read more
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by Sarah Williams

I don't think that there is any more personal or valuable property than one's organs. To say that someone is expected to donate their organs unless otherwise specified is a gro...read more
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by Phil Hill

The State cannot say to us, 'What's yours is mine unless you claim it.' That is effectively what an opt-out system is saying. We are being told that we can keep our organs when ...read more
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by Ashok Manikoth

I Disagree to the government putting a opt out system from organ donation The very word donation is something one gives of ones own accord with out the influence of any exter...read more

Agree

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by Barbara Gavin-Lewellyn

People who desire to be organ donors often have their wishes thwarted at the final moment by family members who are caught up in the agony of grief of losing a loved one. The t...read more
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by John Cooper

There is a shortage of suitable donated human organs in both quality and quantity. This shortage ranges from blood and skin to kidneys and hearts. Now a capitalist would say t...read more
3 of 11
by McJess

People die everyday. Some of them will die from old age, some from cancer, and some from automobile crashes. Some people will even die from waiting. Waiting for their name to...read more
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by Rian Winters

Organ donation is not a new topic. It has been propagandized and perpetuated for several years long enough that it hasn't been on the "hot list" of controversial topics for som...read more
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by Donna Marie Gray

I have already signed up, through DMV, to be an organ donor. I do recall in recent years that there is a legal document one can obtain and sign to insure that your survivors ca...read more
6 of 11
by Lizzie Flynn

Many people recognize the need for organ donors and when asked if they would like to become one readily agree. However, when the donor dies his or her family has the right to ig...read more
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by Claudia Lucas

This is in my view a very practical idea. For reasons that are obscure to me, most people in the UK would rather dedicate their bodies to the fire in the crematorium than to do...read more
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by Shannon Billings

I have never understood why someone chooses to not be an organ donor when he/she dies. Every religion and philosophy approve of organ donation so it makes me wonder if people a...read more
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by Krissi Bates

To make one thing clear, in this article, I am discussing my agreement with an "opt-out" system as it pertains to deceased donors, NOT living donors. Personally, I I agree with...read more
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by Rixta Francis

There is a big difference between the number of registered donors and the number of people who say they would want to be a donor. The problem here is that most people don't want...read more
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by Corey Pike

There is a major shortage of organ and tissue donations. There are thousands, maybe even millions of people who are on a waiting list for a specific organ, and the sad truth is,...read more

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