It was her wishes. Texas has a consent law. If you consent to donation, it doesn’t matter if family consents or not.
In medical ethics, asking families about the care of someone who can’t speak for themselves is a form of surrogacy. It is considered that the family would best know what the wishes of the patient would be.
In this case, there is no doubt. The woman signed up to be a donor. That was her wish.
Adults can make decisions for themselves.
This article is akin to something like this, “Adult daughter marries without parental consent.” Oh, the horrors. Adults can make decisions about their own lives. And deaths.
This is a non-story. Don’t want to be a donor? Don’t sign up to be one. The Texas donor database also allows you to opt out of donation, and it has the same effect: if YOU opt out, then your family can’t consent to donate for you.
Why not? You don’t need to ask the family what your wishes would be if you’ve made them clear in advance.
Donations save lives. I’ve never understood the conspiracy bubble here about that.
If you even made sense, it would be a miracle. No one is discussing the pros and cons of organ donating, we are discussing harvesting organs when the PERSON IS NOT DEAD YET.
How many drivers licenses are issued when one is under age 18 and don’t expire until they are in the early 20s? How can the question of organ donation be addressed both before and after age 18 when issued as a minor?
They were harvesting a living human being. Does Texas laws state that?
You have to wait there..... dr Frankenstein
Our family had a different experience. The underbelly of organ donations, taking body parts without authorization. The money drives this.