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To: Stoat

There are many problems with this. First of all, it needs to be the choice of the person dying or their family’s if they want to donate their organs upon death. Secondly, with socialist medicine, there is a very good chance that, in order to save money, they will decide certain people would be better off dead. Therefore,they will either rufuse to take steps to prolong or save those people’s lives, or, if euthanasia becomes available, they will euthanize.

As far as the idea of selling one’s organs, that’s morally repulsive. It could lead to a black market for one. Mainly, you can’t put a price on a human life. It devalues and degrades it.

I told my family they can donate my organs when I die, as long as efforts to save me have been exhausted and I am completely dead.


75 posted on 01/12/2008 9:53:35 PM PST by Pinkbell (Duncan Hunter 2008 - Protecting and Restoring America)
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To: Pinkbell
I told my family they can donate my organs when I die, as long as efforts to save me have been exhausted and I am completely dead.

I agree with your expressed points on all counts, except I would only wish to politely suggest that FReepers are never 'completely' dead   :-)

78 posted on 01/12/2008 11:32:11 PM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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