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In reply to the discussion: Who here ISN'T an organ donor? [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)So you suggest that only those who offer to donate should be allowed to accept donations of organs when medically needed?
That is absolutely 'controlling' behavior based on your own self-professed 'morality'.
Thankfully, you are not the one determining the medical need or who gets an organ. If you had any experience with the system, you would see that it is biased already towards the rich and insured while many who desperately are in need, poor & uninsured, wait. And often they wait until they die.
It should be only by choice that such a decision is ever made. One may object or accept based on religion or no religion. They may object or accept based on medical reasons. They may object or accept simply because they choose to or not to do so --not because they will be punished if they are not 'good' enough and not because they will be brow beaten by moralists like yourself who will pronounce what is right or wrong on this topic.
So, yes, your statement that your belief is the correct one and therefore telling someone what they must do with their own body either during life or after death is exactly like people attempting to control reproductive rights. It is not my problem that you are so blind with emotion on this subject that you can not see that logical conclusion.
So what are your beliefs on cloning and stem cell research? If you are against them, then you are the bigger hypocrite. Once those are allowed to be fully funded and researched, then solutions that involve using 'grown' organs will replace the current system 'harvested' organs.