Re: Organ Donors.
I accept that every single person has the right to decree what happens to their bodies on their demise. This includes parents making the decision on behalf of their children under 12 or 13 years of age. I feel that a 12 years old child is perfectly capable of making that decision for him/herself if given all the facts and not pressured into going one way or the other. Maybe a lesson or two in school would help?
I doubt if there are many people around who would NOT ACCEPT an organ from someone else, except Jehovah Witnesses and any other religious sect that bars such things to postpone death. But to be prepared to accept an organ and object to giving one of theirs is a very selfish act.
Maybe the system should include some way where a person who is not prepared to offer their organs after death, should not be eligible to receive an organ should they ever need it. In other words a potential recipient of an organ should have already declared themselves as a potential organ donor BEFORE they had a need for a donated organ themselves in order to be eligible to receive a donated organ.
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