[joglynne]

IMHO playing the equivalent of tit of tat to decide whether someone can be considered a suitable recipient for a donated organ is a very dangerous route to take.

I can understand someone being refused a transplant if they would be actively still putting the new organ at risk. A heavy smoker who doesn't attempt to give up smoking needing a new lung is a simplistic example, but with holding a transplant because you haven't put your own body forward? What if you nip in quickly and register once you find you need a transplant? Would there have to be a qualifying period or maybe, no transplant if you registered after the condition was diagnosed, or, you would have to go to the bottom of the list regardless of how serious your condition was.

Being in the position of needing a transplant in order to live is a nightmare scenario for anyone, being made to pay with your life for making a wrong choice is inhumane.