Presumed consent for organ donation

8-2-07 | edcoil

[edcoil]

Last November (2006) this discussion was on-going. Any news update?

At a meeting today and tomorrow, the Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation is expected to recommend that states adopt policies of "presumed consent" for organ donation.

Dr. Peter Lawler declared that the very idea that people own their organs was an "offense [to] dignity."

In other words, authorities could harvest organs from your dead body without prior permission from you or your family.

[driftdiver]

This Dr should be relieved of all his organs immediately.

Perhaps we could make crackers out of em.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I had a friend years ago who believed that when you die and are buried, you had better have all of your organs. She thought you would need them in the afterlife.

As a Christian, I myself do not believe this type of doctrine. But, there are many people who do. And I believe it is up to their families to decide if organs should be DONATED or not.

Aren’t organ donor cards sufficient?

[Red Badger]

...Dr. Peter Lawler declared that the very idea that people own their organs was an "offense [to] dignity."

Perhaps the good doctor would like to donate his immediately to lead the way..............

[wolfcreek]

They don’t even need to tell anyone. Just do it......who would know?

[kalee]

I don’t know what has happened with this. I remember at the time I was surprised that Dr Lawler would say such a thing. I have read a couple of his books and his statement on organ donation seemed out of sync with his other writings.

[ari-freedom]

the big problem is when doctors are more interested in saving your organs (for $$$) than saving your life.

[mutley]

Perhaps we could make crackers out of em.

Hannibal Driftdiver.

[gridlock]

The government should keep their laws off my body...

Where have I heard that one before?

[Kirkwood]

The quote is uncited and who knows in what context it was used. So I would take it with a grain of salt. BTW, if my organs can be used to help anyone after my death, they are more than welcome to have them. Better to help someone than just having the tissue rot.

[puppypusher]

I don’t know who this Idiot of a doctor is.But I own my body and I can and will do with it what I want.

I always thought that was the law anyway because according to the abortion on demand supporters a woman's body was hers to do as she wished.No one else had a say whether she could get an abortion or not.

[kinoxi]

At last month's meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics, Dr. Peter Lawler declared that the very idea that people own their organs was an "offense [to] dignity."

Here's an article from shortly after the comment was made.http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6771

[Sgt_Schultze]

But laws against compensating your family ensures that all parties profit from the transplant except the donor.

[Lurker]

If all goes according to plan, no one is going to want my organs.

I plan on sliding headfirst into the afterlife with every single working part completely worn out. I'm going to have a cold beer and a cigar in one hand and a piece of fried chicken in the other.

My liver is going to be shot, kidneys worn out, eyes failing from checking out hot babes every day of my life, legs and knees creaking from chasing Mrs. L after checking out those hot babes.

I don't plan on being worth a plugged nickel to anybody but God.

And when I get there I'm going to thank Him for a hell of a ride.

L

[gridlock]

If you do it right, the check to the undertaker will bounce.

[dblshot]

I was with the mother and father of a 15 year old girl who had been in an automobile accident in 1994. The girls head had recieved a very heavy blow and doctors could not stop the swelling. Eventually a doctor came in and said it was time to talk about organ donation. To say the least this put an added burden on the parents, who wants to think of their child being parted out? It might be better to just do it. It will always be a tough call. On a lighter note In 1976 I was staioned in CA with a young guy who filled in the organ donation form on the back of his drivers license with “just my penis” thinking he was cool. My wife told him he wasn’t very generous.

[Don Corleone]

This just before they send the lame and the halt to the ovens...for the good of society.

[Lurker]

Good thinking. I'll add that to the list.

I've never fathomed those "we need insurance to take care of the bills we'll leave behind" commercials.

I figure screw them. Let 'em sue my corpse.

L

[twonie]

You will not even be able to die without some outrage being committed upon you. I can just see my boy if I die and somebody starts “harvesting”. I believe I’ll go for the Tony Soprano Mafia Discreet Burial Service, available by appointment, evenings from dusk to dawn with NO HARVESTING.

[mutley]

If all goes according to plan, no one is going to want my organs. I plan on sliding headfirst into the afterlife with every single working part completely worn out. I'm going to have a cold beer and a cigar in one hand and a piece of fried chicken in the other. My liver is going to be shot, kidneys worn out, eyes failing from checking out hot babes every day of my life, legs and knees creaking from chasing Mrs. L after checking out those hot babes. I don't plan on being worth a plugged nickel to anybody but God. And when I get there I'm going to thank Him for a hell of a ride.

That's the best plan I've heard. Next time I pray, I'll put in a good word to it working out that way for you. Then ask if I can copy it.