Thread: the ethics of organ donating
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Old 22-04-2010, 18:32   #31
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Re: the ethics of organ donating
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Originally Posted by gazzae View Post
If you’re sick and need a transplant then you should only get one though the donor scheme if you are registered as a donor. If you haven’t then tough luck, you better hope a relative or friend have an organ to spare.
That would not be very fair. It is unlikely that anyone who has a need for a donor organ, that they would be in a position to offer one up in replacement. If a child is born with a dickey kidney, they hardly have the option to decide they will give up their heart if the want a transplant.

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Originally Posted by gazzae View Post
Won't somebody think of the children

Once someone is old enough to decide for themselves (while children can join the donor scheme it still requires parent/guardian permission until they are 18) and they choose not to join the scheme then they should forfeit any right to receive an organ from the scheme. Sure it’s not fair, but since when is burying healthy organs when people are crying out for them fair?
What, wait until they are eighteen to become eligible to receive a donated organ?
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