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Originally Posted by cybermike
There may be as many people, I don't know, but they don't care enough to sign a paper, so why should anyone care enough about them to not save millions of lives?
There's a saying around here, if you didn't vote, don't bitch about the President. The same can be said about anyone that doesn't opt out, don't bitch when your organs get harvested.
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And why should I want to save people whose only thought is for themselves and how this can extend their lives? Could it be that perhaps some people see it as selfish that people wish to extend their own lives beyond that which is natural (not saying its unnatural merely that there is this point of view as well). There are reasons people may not wish to donate, if we follow the logical path of this your estate should by default go to the state as well and many people would be opposed to that!
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
How, precisely, would you indicate that "choice" to those of us who were still living? In the absense of a written will or a "sticker," the decision should always default to the family, and then the government. What other choice is there? By putting an opt-out sticker, this simply solidifies an already implicit rule so that people can be "donated" without so much litigation.
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The choice does currently go sticker, family government, just that the automatic assumption is no because this will offend fewer people by default and means that there is no benefit to failing to include them in the system or losing a card.
Looking at this in America (rather than Canada where the healthcare is free so its less of an issue) how would you react, poorer people will still be poor and unlikely to be able to afford the cost of a transplant, the rich however will be thus creating the dicotomy that is feared by the paying for donors. Heck why make organ donation illegal in life, you only need 1 kidney and 1 lung, etc... you could easily create an economy of organs from those willing to sell them in life when they can make a choice on their own to go into the health care system.
If you had a say as to how your organs were donated I am sure a lot more people would want to donate, there are some truly selfless people however there are a lot more who would likely be willing if they had some say as to how their organs were used rather than a generic "donation" (I donate money to charities which dispose of money in ways I agree with, I do not donate to other... something similar may help people be willing to donate).