Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Mandatory Organ Donation

The solution to the shortage of organ donors is to create a mandatory organ donation system. It seems that if a person is a organ donor and dies the family can object to the organs being donated. Potentially killing someone that was waiting for a organ transplant. With a mandatory organ donation system there would be a influx of organs and recipients would not have to wait years before receiving an organ. The solution to the problem is very persuasive, Spital and Taylor argue that the government can select men to serve in the military go off to war and die for their country; so why not make people that pass way donate their organs to someone that needs it. That particular organ could save a life. The audience could be people in the organ transplant industry, members of the medical society and even members of the government hoping to sway their thoughts about a mandatory organ donation system. I think some of the audience will respond just has Nancy Scheper-Hughes responded, stating that some member of our society does not have medical insurance to help pay for their illnesses, but make it mandatory for those same citizens to give up their organs with out their consent. Where is the justice in that? Others that are awaiting an organ may endorse the idea of mandatory organ donation. I think the audience will be split.

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