Organ donors

What about those who are on medication I wanted to donate but my dh had a point about my liver might not be in the best condition for donating as it is my dr checks it every year
 
No not mandatory.
I am signed up as an organ donor, by choice. My body, my choice...to paraphrase from another thread...

There are people with certain religious beliefs that would make donating organs a resounding no! We need to respect/value their POV.
 


Cindy's Mom said:
Interesting thought about it being mandatory with all the discussion about Alabama's new law. This would include saving lives, so on that tangent, yes - I do believe it should be mandatory. Women are losing the option of choice - maybe men will see how it feels.

I vote yes on making it mandatory (ps, I'm an organ donor and have been for as far back as I can remember).
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That's the entire point of this thread.
 
J'aime Paris said:
No not mandatory.
I am signed up as an organ donor, by choice. My body, my choice...to paraphrase from another thread...

There are people with certain religious beliefs that would make donating organs a resounding no! We need to respect/value their POV.
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Hmm, I see what you are saying. So the people who want to donate their organs should be allowed to choose that, and the people who don't want to donate their organs - for religious belief or any other reason - they could choose not to donate their organs.

But, if I donate my organs when I die, am I hurting the religious person who believes organs should not be donated and chooses to not donate their own? Maybe we should take the people who don't believe in organ donation into account and make it so no one can donate at all, since donating organs violates the religious beliefs of some?
 
jalapeno_pretzel said:
Hmm, I see what you are saying. So the people who want to donate their organs should be allowed to choose that, and the people who don't want to donate their organs - for religious belief or any other reason - they could choose not to donate their organs.

But, if I donate my organs when I die, am I hurting the religious person who believes organs should not be donated and chooses to not donate their own? Maybe we should take the people who don't believe in organ donation into account and make it so no one can donate at all, since donating organs violates the religious beliefs of some?
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I think you are taking my comment too far.

I never said anything about you donating your organs.....that this would hurt people whose religion or other beliefs make donating organs not an option for them.

Again, your body, your choice. Other people bodies, their choice.
Nothing mandatory....leave people options.
 


Meglen said:
I have been a donor and on the marrow list for years. But it's a choice I made I can understand why people would not want this . Either they know the organs would not be good (drugs ect) or just don't want there body treated that way.
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Just wanted to thank you for being on the bone marrow registry. My husband had a bone marrow transplant 4 yrs ago for leukemia and has been cancer free. Be the Match is a great organization.
 
I am designated as an organ donor but don't think the government should have anything to do with it. A slippery slope, like other government interference, IMO.
My 16-year old just got his drivers license and the MVA employee asked why he didn't check the organ donor box. He replied that he didn't want anybody trying to kill him to take his organs! I tried to convince him but he refused. I think he will come around as he matures but I imagine a lot of people feel this way.
 
Choice is key - I believe you should be able to choose what happens to your organs. Yes I am an organ donor and an advocate for organ donation, but in my opinion no one should be forced by law to give up the right to choose.
 
billlaurie said:
I am designated as an organ donor but don't think the government should have anything to do with it. A slippery slope, like other government interference, IMO.
My 16-year old just got his drivers license and the MVA employee asked why he didn't check the organ donor box. He replied that he didn't want anybody trying to kill him to take his organs! I tried to convince him but he refused. I think he will come around as he matures but I imagine a lot of people feel this way.
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Just for the sake of conversation, at this point, if an unthinkable tragedy were to befall your family and your son died, you would be asked to allow the harvest of his organs. Would you? Knowing his prior thoughts, as baseless as they are, would you go ahead? FTR, I would, but I expect many would feel otherwise. :scratchin
 
mnrose said:
Why should we stop at dead donors? I think we should force living donors to donate a kidney anytime someone needs one to "save their life." Lives are important. The "inconvenience" and "risk" to the donor surely do not trump that. Of course, single organs would be different. Then we'd be asking someone else to die so someone else could live, and that would be wrong. So, I'd make an exception for that. But, in cases where the organ needed is something the donor can live without, well, so be it. We're in the business these days of dictating what people can and cannot do with their bodies if it potentially involves saving another.

And, yes, I'm a registered organ donor. And, if a friend or family member needed a kidney, I'd donate one of mine. I donate blood regularly as well.
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We should take your idea to the next level.

Every person is assigned a worth score. The score will be based on how much worth you contribute to society. You get points for earning money, producing art, having a worth while job, etc. Lots of categories.

If someone with a worth score greater then you needs a heart and you are a perfect match, forced donation.

That way the most worthwhile get to live the longest and contribute the most worth to society.
 
ronandannette said:
Just for the sake of conversation, at this point, if an unthinkable tragedy were to befall your family and your son died, you would be asked to allow the harvest of his organs. Would you? Knowing his prior thoughts, as baseless as they are, would you go ahead? FTR, I would, but I expect many would feel otherwise. :scratchin
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I can't even imagine being in that situation and even though I don't agree with his choice, I would have to respect the wishes of my almost adult son regarding his body, dead or alive.
 
billlaurie said:
I am designated as an organ donor but don't think the government should have anything to do with it. A slippery slope, like other government interference, IMO.
My 16-year old just got his drivers license and the MVA employee asked why he didn't check the organ donor box. He replied that he didn't want anybody trying to kill him to take his organs! I tried to convince him but he refused. I think he will come around as he matures but I imagine a lot of people feel this way.
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My ex-MIL wouldn't check the box either. She told me numerous times that she thinks if she goes into the hospital with serious injuries, they will see that she is an organ donor and not try to save her life. She did want to donate her organs if she passed, but didn't want the hospital to know until it was to that point.

I plan on being an organ donor, but I absolutely do not think it should be mandatory.
 
There was a game - Headhunter - where body organs were currency and illegally traded, harvested by law to help the needy. They even had "stimulator" guns, that disabled but did no damage to organs. Kinda creepy.

I'm an organ donor, as I don't think I'll miss my organs when I'm dead. I dice with the idea of making organ donorship being an automatic wish, with an opt-out option, but I understand that it's an incredibly contentious issue.
 
Just FYI there’s sooooo much myth and poor information regarding organ donation. If you get in an accident they DO NOT CARE if you are an organ donor or not, the team will do EVERYTHING to save your life, unless they find an out of hospital Do Not Rescustitate. And by then you’ll likely have been stabilized anyway. You can only be an organ donor ( for major organs that most people think about when donating) when you die under certain circumstances- for example you should be on a vent, and be declared with brain death ( which is an involved process in itself anyway- this is NOT something that is decided in an hour but more on matter of days after extensive multiple tests and criteria met).

As far as mandatory - no. But I think our country should be opt in unless otherwise stated.

Currently corpses have more bodily autonomy in some states than a living breathing woman with a uterus . Think about that
 
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