Posted on 08/02/2007 12:14:04 PM PDT by 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.
The law should be:
Those who are unwilling to donate their organs should not be permitted to receive donated organs.
What about children? They aren’t asked to donate organs, they don’t sign organ donor cards. Should they be excluded from life-saving medical care because they are underage and unable to give legal consent to donation?
When our son died, my husband and I were disappointed that we could not donate his organs. In our case, the question wouldn't have been a burden, probably because we were both comfortable with the idea of donation for ourselves. It seemed natural to extend that to our son.
We were able to donate some things (skin, ligaments and such).
Opening up the gates of heaven is what the appendix is really for. No appendix = welcome to hell.
I am very tempted to renounce my decision to be an organ donor if this goes through. The presumption that your body belongs to the State should leave anyone who loves liberty more than a little queasy.
That's mighty kind of you. Hopefully we'll meet up on the other side.
Best,
L
No, only adults who refuse to donate their organs should be excluded from receiving organs.
Did I miss anyone?
LOL!
The truth is, if your not in the room when they do the autopsy or embalming, you really don’t know what’s missing.
Of course you own your own organs! If you don't then who does?
As for dignity -- it is an offense to dignity to suggest that your organs are NOT your own.
Interesting. Should those who do not donate blood be allowed to get transfusions?
That’s some SELECTION process you’ve got there...
“But laws against compensating your family ensures that all parties profit from the transplant except the donor.”
So what? Those providing donation services need compensation to keep their services available - my family doesn’t need that money, whatever there might be of it. I have life insurance and a will to provide for them. My heart, my corneas, and my liver are the last gifts I can give to a complete stranger, maybe even to you or someone you love. That to me seems like a noble thing to do and something my family would prefer over money. I get the satisfaction of knowing before I die that I have a chance of helping several families with sick loved ones. You can’t buy that at any price.
I intend to wear my organs completely out!
Can someone explain the organ donation process to me? I was under the impression that they didn’t wait until you were dead to start removing organs.
My condolences on the loss of your son.
I agree with edcoil - the doctors should come first, then anyone else who believes in this.... They will KILL you for your organs.
Watch movie clip at: www.myfoxny.com - search using words - organ donation controversy. This young man was cut on 29 minutes before being pronounced dead! Note: he did NOT have strokes! Do you get the picture? This young man doesn’t have his freedom anymore because he doesn’t have his life anymore. And he doesn’t have his LIFE anymore because he lost his FREEDOM first.
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