Automatic organ donation - Page 2

Del Lardo · 13-01-2008, 16:30

Been having a read of the article on the BBC website about the Organ donor system becoming opt out linky and then made the mistake of moving onto the comments section.

I was utterly astounded to see how many people were against the idea as they would never want to be an organ donor and it got me thinking. If these people won't donate organs why should they be able to receive them? Why not implement a system whereby people who need a transplant and are donors when the need arises get put towards the top of the list and people who are not donors get put towards the bottom. We already judge people who need transplants on certain criteria (alcoholics don't get livers unless they're a famous football player) so why not add another one that would encourage people to become donors in the first place?

I'm struggling to work out where I am on this one, in principle I like the idea of the opt-out system but I can't help but feel that it would end up being abused.

13-01-2008, 16:30	#1
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Automatic organ donation Been having a read of the article on the BBC website about the Organ donor system becoming opt out linky and then made the mistake of moving onto the comments section. I was utterly astounded to see how many people were against the idea as they would never want to be an organ donor and it got me thinking. If these people won't donate organs why should they be able to receive them? Why not implement a system whereby people who need a transplant and are donors when the need arises get put towards the top of the list and people who are not donors get put towards the bottom. We already judge people who need transplants on certain criteria (alcoholics don't get livers unless they're a famous football player) so why not add another one that would encourage people to become donors in the first place? I'm struggling to work out where I am on this one, in principle I like the idea of the opt-out system but I can't help but feel that it would end up being abused.