Posted on 04/06/2016 7:44:11 AM PDT by Heartlander
Rapidly escalating to LITERAL “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” proportions....
I’m an organ donor. My fiancee is currently on the kidney transplant list. I’m not a match for him or i would have given him one of mine. I have a close cousin who would be dead right now if she hadn’t been able to get a bone marrow donor.
When my father died, we donated his corneas, and skin for grafts. We weren’t able to donate anything else due to the conditions he died under. We rcvd a letter from the person who got his corneas. I don’t know that I’ll ever be ok to read it, but my mother has and she was incredibly touched.
I’m sure there will be tons of people on this thread about how they’ll never be an organ donor and all sorts of crap like that and that’s their choice. But at the same time, I would bet that this is not something that has ever touched their lives or they would have a much different opinion. Also, I wonder if they have been typed and are on the list to donate bone marrow, as that’s something you can donate without having to be deceased.
The slope is getting slipperier. First the doctor prescribes poison. Then the doctor administers the poison. Then there’s no poison but the doctor gives you a sleeping pill then slices your arteries.
If this had been proposed as a way of “putting unwanted pets to sleep” there would be massive outrage. People, no outrage.
I am not an organ donor, and have taken steps to ensure my wishes will be honored. While I sympathize with the anguish of those awaiting a donation, I set more value on the need not to corrupt the medical profession by giving it incentives to end my life.
Are you on the bone marrow donation registry?
At a guess, these proposed donors would mostly be committing suicide for reasons of mental illness.
Degenerative disease and old age are likely to leave organs in poor condition. People dying of cancer are barred from donating internal organs.
So - despairing people - you are worthless while you live, but when you are dead, you can save lives.
Bone marrow donors are more common, so the need isn’t as great. Besides, I’m too old.
Warning for the squeamish or those who don't get British humour.
That’s a good way to handle executions. Organ/tissue removal, blood drained, balance to research if needed.
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