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shakermaker · 13-01-2008, 20:07

Catholic Spain does it; Islamic sharia councils approve it; across the Atlantic even Americans do it. So why are we Brits so afraid of organ donation? Rates are 13 donors per million, compared to 35 per million in Spain. Gordon Brown is right to want to change that.
He's brave though; with politicians as well as the public showing reluctance for quite a while to face up to the issues around organ donation.
The PM and former health secretaries John Reid and Alan Milburn have either voted in the past against the "presumed consent" approach now being considered, or come out with half-informed assumptions about the matter in the aftermath of the Alder Hey organ removal scandal.
I would definitely support the presumed consent system. If you object, then opt out - simple as.

13-01-2008, 20:07	#8
shakermaker God Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 6,522 Liked: 367 times Rep Power: 3485	Re: organ donation? Catholic Spain does it; Islamic sharia councils approve it; across the Atlantic even Americans do it. So why are we Brits so afraid of organ donation? Rates are 13 donors per million, compared to 35 per million in Spain. Gordon Brown is right to want to change that. He's brave though; with politicians as well as the public showing reluctance for quite a while to face up to the issues around organ donation. The PM and former health secretaries John Reid and Alan Milburn have either voted in the past against the "presumed consent" approach now being considered, or come out with half-informed assumptions about the matter in the aftermath of the Alder Hey organ removal scandal. I would definitely support the presumed consent system. If you object, then opt out - simple as.