Shock: requiring death before organ donation is unnecessary, say experts

LifeSiteNews ^ | 11/3/11 | Kathleen Gilbert

[wagglebee]

The comments by the Canadian and Spanish experts have come under fire from the organ donor community, some members of which have expressed concern that the statements could lead people to opt out of donating their organs.

Yes, the understanding that these vultures will murder you for your organs will certainly have that effect on people.

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

You are deluding yourself if you believe they need your permission to harvest your organs.

Corneas are routinely harvested without consent.

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[Jim Robinson]

Harvesting organs from living donors? Evil freaking bastards!

[MNGal]

I used to have the “organ donor” box checked on my driver’s license. It took me 2 renewals to actually get the DMV to remove it. Not sure why they “overlooked” it the first time, but I am not willing to give these people the benefit of the doubt anymore.

[jimtorr]

These arguments are the best arguments against organ transplants I've heard yet.

[wagglebee]

Just wait until Zero's death panels decide that it's okay to take organs from perfectly healthy people.

[Farmer Dean]

I’ve been expecting this horror for some time now.What next?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

I have a feeling that if I really opted out of harvest of my organs, these SOB would keep me on life support just to get to my valuable organs.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Monty Python predicted this

[morphing libertarian]

I’m not totally sure I understand what’s going on here, but can’t they wait until people die and then take whatever the person determined in advance? I can see a live kidney donation or bone marrow to keep a relative or blood match alive. Need specifically worded laws to draw the line, prevent abuse and “jumping the gun.”

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

True dollars trumps all other considerations. The urban legends will be coming true. Your kidneys are worth more than you are! Kill! Harvest! Profit!

[Grampa Dave]

“lead people to opt out of donating their organs”

A couple of years ago, a medical friend didn’t reup being an organ donor when he renewed his drivers license. Basically, this was what he was concerned about. My wife and I didn’t reup re being organ donors when we renewed our drivers’s licenses.

We both joke about having DNR tatooed in big red letters on our chests.

[little jeremiah]

Thanks for posting this. I just can’t imagine what’s next. Well, I can imagine it but I didn’t think I would see this in my lifetime (I’m a pollyanna).

[3Fingas]

Reminds me of this movie:



Nope. I won't put it on my license.

[rfp1234]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361046/posts

[BobL]

Long ago, I saw an episode of Quincy (he was a coroner) that dealt with this issue...were the EMT guys in a hurry to pronounce the guy dead because they wanted his organs. In the end, no, not on that script - but it scared me enough to never put that on my driver license.

[afraidfortherepublic]

There was a novel written in the ‘70s about this. Anyone remember the name? The author was a doctor turned novelist, and the genre was a mystery. I think it was made into a movie.

I remember a “scene” where there was a lab/storage room with hundreds of bodies suspended by wires and maintained in a brain/dead state until they were neeed for transplant. I’ve NEVER checked the box on my DL as a result.

[CodeToad]

This type of commenting is exactly why I am not an organ donor.