I dont think the human body belongs to the government and so you should have to opt in. However I don't think people can expect to be off the organ donation list yet expect to get an organ when they need one.
It should be make compulsary that only those on the organ donation list are able to get organs if they ever need it.
This isn't about insisting that you donate them - you can easily opt out of the scheme. I bet most people who are against this would soon change their mind if they had to watch a loved one suffering on the transplant list - for a suitable organ that might not turn up before they peg it! As far as I'm concerned, any of my spare parts are fair game once I've finished using them. I'm happy to be recycled rather than going to landfill!
I think, under Common Law, all deceased persons become the property of the Crown (via the Coroner), until cause of death is established, and the circumstances of the death investigated. The Coroner, once satisfied that no illegal acts have taken place, can issue a release order for the disposal of the remains via burial, cremation or other appropriate, legal means. Alternatively, if there is the necessary evidence, the Coroner can order an inquest to be held, and the body can be retained for as long as is necessary, whilst those investigations are conducted. The body at this stage becomes 'an exhibit'.
The issue here is whether the health authorities should have a legal right to remove organs from bodies without prior permission being obtained before death. In a nutshell it's an ethical and legal swamp, and issue never likely to be solved.
It is far better to allow people to make the decision to allow removal of their organs, and register their interest, and carry a card allowing such a procedure to take place.
If no such card is carried, or any such wish registered, then the answer must be 'NO'.
NewtonHeathKenny - Surely they would just check your name against a database. If you come in with no ID and they cannot verify that you have or have not opted out then the default position should be to assume that you have opted out. All preetty easy to do!
unless on religeous grounds it should be compulsory on death that any organs may be taken i think , why not it will save lives ? but its much fairer if everyone is a party to it hence compulsory .
Sadly not everyone gets around to carrying a donor card, or to being added to the organ donor list. However this does not mean that a bereaved family should be pressured into making those kind of decisions on the dead person's behalf. I don't think that the Government has any right to make this compulsary.
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I dont think the human body belongs to the government and so you should have to opt in. However I don't think people can expect to be off the organ donation list yet expect to get an organ when they need one.
It should be make compulsary that only those on the organ donation list are able to get organs if they ever need it.
The government doesn't own our bodies and organs therefore they have NO right to insist we donate them.
This isn't about insisting that you donate them - you can easily opt out of the scheme. I bet most people who are against this would soon change their mind if they had to watch a loved one suffering on the transplant list - for a suitable organ that might not turn up before they peg it! As far as I'm concerned, any of my spare parts are fair game once I've finished using them. I'm happy to be recycled rather than going to landfill!
I think, under Common Law, all deceased persons become the property of the Crown (via the Coroner), until cause of death is established, and the circumstances of the death investigated. The Coroner, once satisfied that no illegal acts have taken place, can issue a release order for the disposal of the remains via burial, cremation or other appropriate, legal means. Alternatively, if there is the necessary evidence, the Coroner can order an inquest to be held, and the body can be retained for as long as is necessary, whilst those investigations are conducted. The body at this stage becomes 'an exhibit'.
The issue here is whether the health authorities should have a legal right to remove organs from bodies without prior permission being obtained before death. In a nutshell it's an ethical and legal swamp, and issue never likely to be solved.
It is far better to allow people to make the decision to allow removal of their organs, and register their interest, and carry a card allowing such a procedure to take place.
If no such card is carried, or any such wish registered, then the answer must be 'NO'.
And how often would "opt-out" cards mysteriously go missing from the person shortly after death?
NewtonHeathKenny - Surely they would just check your name against a database. If you come in with no ID and they cannot verify that you have or have not opted out then the default position should be to assume that you have opted out. All preetty easy to do!
Are Muslims allowed to donate? I Understand they have to be buried within 24 hours of death.
@Cottonman-Southport.............
When Muslims die in the UK, they are subject to UK law, and the directions of the Coroner in the same way that all other residents are. No exceptions.
unless on religeous grounds it should be compulsory on death that any organs may be taken i think , why not it will save lives ? but its much fairer if everyone is a party to it hence compulsory .
You may be against an opt out now, but wait until you need a transplant or have to watch your child die for want of one. You'll soon change your tune.
Sadly not everyone gets around to carrying a donor card, or to being added to the organ donor list. However this does not mean that a bereaved family should be pressured into making those kind of decisions on the dead person's behalf. I don't think that the Government has any right to make this compulsary.
When I'm dead I shall not need my body & I don't think my family have any plans to preserve me in aspic so I don't know what the problem is!