Being an altruist by nature, my first reaction was, why not, it could help somebody. But then a fear crept into my head - what if I was seriously ill, and "they" decided to hasten my as of yet not-inevitable death to harvest my organs?
While my first reaction was that is absurd, I decided to chose "no" given the well grounded fear that in today's society, where life is given no meaning by medical "ethicists", someone could consider my death to be a convenient expedient.
VANITY: Why I Choose Not to Designate Myself as an Organ Donor
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It happened in my extended family and there wasn't one darn thing I could do about it. All too often we have seen "early exit" in other cases too. There are organ transplant surgical teams standing by 24/7 in every major hospital and "bioethics" committees ready to approve cases whether the patient is "brain dead" or not. What is certain is that the patient will be brain dead, heart dead and every other kind of dead when he gets chopped up for spare parts.
It's depressing to say it but I no longer believe we can automatically trust doctors to do the right thing. We could once. Now there are violations. I know, most doctors are healers, and God bless all who are, but enough have bought into death culture "bioethics" to taint the profession. Dr. Ronald "humane death" Cranford, you helped tarnish the reputation of everyone who works in medicine.
I won't be an organ donor.