Date: 4/20/2001 8:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 24845
I personally have the box checked on my license. Not because I have to, because I chose to. To me it's wrong to force things like this on people. There are others that don't want to, or believe it is right. It's true about the government taking control of too many things in our private lives, these things are our choices and I think it is wrong for our rights to be ripped away like this.
Angel2001  |
Date: 4/20/2001 8:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 25828
I don't think this will happen...I personally won't donate...but don't have anything against it...one thing i've always heard said...if the doctor knows you are a donor...and there's only a slim chance to save you..will he try as hard as long if he knows you're a donor? i think not, they are anxious to get those organs...I think they would try harder to save your life if you are not a donor...~heather  |
Date: 4/20/2001 8:52:00 PM
From Authorid: 29865
I dont ihkn they will make u but i have it checked on ym license bc i am not gonna need them when i die  |
Date: 4/20/2001 9:06:00 PM
From Authorid: 177
I've never checked the organ donner boxes. May be I'm superstitious. Anyway I think most of my organs would be rejected....too much use and abuse.  |
Date: 4/20/2001 9:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 13969
I don't think that it should be mandatory...but I do think that we should donate our organs to help save others~!  |
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Date: 4/20/2001 9:19:00 PM
From Authorid: 28801
Hmmmm, this doesn't sound legal now does it? |
Date: 4/20/2001 9:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 5353
Um, I don't think it should be manditory... highly encouraged, but not forced. Some religions won't allow the desicration of a body like that before burial, and to do it regardless would be disrespectful, to say the least. Just my thought, I personally am a donor, I also want to be creamated, so they might as well burn as little as possible. *l* :P  |
Date: 4/21/2001 12:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 19384
I'm an organ donor, but I don't think it should be manditory.
Whoever gets my liver is gonna be sorry, though. LOL  |
Date: 4/25/2001 1:10:00 PM
From Authorid: 33088
Hi Majic; I'm not clear on what you might object to? Is it organ donation itself? If so, why? Or is it the "mandatory" part? I'm sure that any legislation proposed or passed on the topic would include an "opt out" clause, due to religious or personal reasons. Amaranth
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Date: 4/25/2001 1:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 33088
By the way, when my husband died 19 months ago, I donated his organs. But that was never MY choice. It was HIS. He used to always say "Why should I fret all my days to recycle pop cans and pieces of paper, but selfishly not recycle me after I'm dead, knowing that if I didn't be selfish a dozen or more lives could be saved?" Hence, it was so easy to be his voice to the doctors, when he passed away. Amaranth |
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Date: 4/25/2001 3:35:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 31649
To Amaranth, it's not donating in general, if you can help save a life when you die, that's great since you are not going to use that organ any more.It's the mandatory part I don't think that would be right. The goverment should not take the liberty of doing this if it was not your wish to be so. Thanks for the replies.Majicman |
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Date: 4/26/2001 9:01:00 AM
From Authorid: 33088
OK, Maj; Glad we cleared that up, because I too have great problems with MANDATORY donation. There are just too many reasons why a person should NOT donate. (Their lifestyle. Illnesses past and present. Family's religious views. Ethical questions. Legal questions etc.) I just wondered if you were against donation itself. Obviously I think it is a good thing, by and large. But, I was very pleased and comforted (when hubby died) that the hospital had a pre-printed FIVE PAGE form of endless questions that went into VERY personal details about his past. That form, I believe, SHOULD discover many, many reasons why a particular person should NOT be donating. (Maybe I should point out that I live in Ontario, Canada, and this form is a LEGAL pre-requisite before consent forms can be signed, by family.) Amaranth |
Date: 4/28/2001 8:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 32806
No it should never be mandatory.  Sagi10  |
