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To: Trailerpark Badass
My understanding is that brain death or lack of certain neurological activity, judged by doctors, is sufficient to declare an end of life and allow things like organ donation/harvesting.

True, but with some very legal caveats. If you suspect that the "brain death" decision may be abused for you, or your family; simply ask that they NOT harvest the organs after death. In essence, as a legal representative of yourself, your spouse, or children, remove them from the organ donor program. The hospital cannot steal whatever they want, from a body. These organs must be collected very soon after death - otherwise, they too die and are unusable.

9 posted on 01/11/2014 10:01:29 AM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: Hodar
These organs must be collected very soon after death

They are harvested before death from a person whose bodily functions have not yet ceased, without anesthesia, and I have a moral problem with it.

There are probably a few others but the only viable body parts I know of that can be taken some time after death are corneas.

15 posted on 01/11/2014 10:34:03 AM PST by Aliska
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