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Opt-outs are the new insidious way to impose the state/collectivist views on the individual without permission. Opt outs are a problem because not everyone may
by throwawaysea 6y ago
Opt-outs are the new insidious way to impose the state/collectivist views on the individual without permission. Opt outs are a problem because not everyone may be aware of the need to opt out, and it requires additional attention and effort. The default state, without requiring any additional action from an individual, must respect individual consent and bodily autonomy - which means that no one has a right to your body or your property unless you've granted it explicitly. An opt-out situation is not that, and it doesn't matter even if a majority of constituents would prefer an opt-out model.
Moreover, the linked website's claim of universal religious support for organ donation is very suspicious. It relies on opinionated interpretation of religious texts and cherry picked quotes of support from random individuals that they've propped up as authoritative representatives of religions, when that is not really the case in reality. Religious ritualistic practices and interpretations of texts vary and there will be many for whom this permissive assumption of the state's right to an individual's organs will be a violation of their beliefs.