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Organ donor should be opt out, not opt in.
by aaomidi 6y ago
Organ donor should be opt out, not opt in.
- lordnacho 6y agoIIRC I heard they were doing this in the UK, at least I heard something about it on the radio. I think it's the right default, most people won't mind donating and those who do are generally more motivated to fill out the opt out docs.
- newbie578 6y agoAbsolutely agreed! Make it whenever people get their driver's license, they must make an opt out form.
- thepete2 6y agoI disagree. Instead it should be mandatory to choose. Make it a condition for getting a driver's license or even your ID.
- AdamJacobMuller 6y ago> mandatory to choose That's a contradiction. If it's mandatory, it's not a choice. What makes you feel you have the right to tell others they should be forced to donate their organs?
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- Zanni 6y agoNot mandatory to donate. Mandatory to make an explicit choice of whether to donate or not (neither opt-out nor opt-in).
- jimmyswimmy 6y agoI believe GP was suggesting that making a decision should be mandatory at some point. While I personally prefer the default here be to opt in as a donor, GP suggested merely that a decision as to yes or no should be required. Where I live, one must state organ donor preference when obtaining a driver's license. I believe the default answer is no if you choose not to choose.
- dennis_jeeves 6y agoNope, that would be a disaster. While the intent here is good it will lead to the very unfortunate side effects like incentivizing organ trade where a person would be killed under some pretext ( or even without a pretext) just to harvest his organs. I believe this already happens in some parts of the world.
- aaomidi 6y agoYeah you dont know how the organ donor system works.
- aoeusnth1 6y agoPeople who are not organ donors should receive organs with lower priority than those who are. That would only be fair - and it would get people to sign up.