“Donations save lives. That’s the point.”
You cannot be Pro Life if you are unwilling to donate your organs when you are dead.
That statement is simply wrong on several levels. First, there is great debate over what "dead" really means. Organs aren't generally harvested from people who are clinically dead, only legally "brain dead". These standards for what constitutes brain death are not universal.
Second, in countries like China legal death sometimes includes capital convictions. I hardly think that China forcibly taking the organs from convicted thieves is pro-life.
Third, I know many people who actively volunteer for pro-life causes who have legitimate religious opposition to organ donation. They are certainly pro-life despite not being willing their organs.
Fourth, not all organs that are donated are necessary for life. I hardly think that refusing to donate corneas or facial dermis is a disqualification from being pro-life.
Finally as this case illustrates, it is becoming increasingly clear that the financial incentives for organ donation under the current legal system might be driving pro-death behavior among many of the participants. Choosing not to participate in this system because of this could be a legitimate pro-life decision.
That is one of the dumbest statements on FR I have heard lately. Dead organs are useless, thats why they keep you alive on machines until the organs can be removed.