Choose the Opt. Out System in Organ Donation
Being able to provide enough organs to fill the need of those that are in final stages of organ failure. There are people dying every day because they are not receiving the organs they desperately need to survive. Many possible donors are overlooked because families and friends have not discussed whether to donate organs or not. At first glance everyone gets caught up in whether it is ethical to provide financial gain to people who are living donors or not. This is taken away from the possibility of saving people’s lives. Some people do not even know what actually happens to organs when a person dies. Even after doing research it still can be very confusing on whether organs are needed after death. …show more content…
in or an opt. out. Everyone understands that not every person would choose to donate their origins. In the case of those who disagree with the opt out system argue that it should not be an obligation but rather a gift and some people feel that presumed consent leads to plundering (Biela, 2013). Others argue that the government should not be able to remove organs in death. For those that are for the opt. out system argue that each person is given the opportunity to choose not to participate and by not signing an opt. out card they understand and have agreed to giving, up their organs. The reality is not that people think it is an unethical decision because a study done in Ohio shows that between18 – 49 and 50 and older all have the same attitude most are for donating their organs. “The study also has determined the younger group is more willing to act and the older group believe they are too old” (Downing, and Jones, 2015 pg.4). With this information neither ethnical stand can be against the opt. out system the reason is no matter which system is used everyone still would have to make a decision whether to or whether or not to participate. The change to an opt. out system would just get rid of a person’s failure to act a family having to make that decision when they may not be sure what to
Being able to provide enough organs to fill the need of those that are in final stages of organ failure. There are people dying every day because they are not receiving the organs they desperately need to survive. Many possible donors are overlooked because families and friends have not discussed whether to donate organs or not. At first glance everyone gets caught up in whether it is ethical to provide financial gain to people who are living donors or not. This is taken away from the possibility of saving people’s lives. Some people do not even know what actually happens to organs when a person dies. Even after doing research it still can be very confusing on whether organs are needed after death. …show more content…
in or an opt. out. Everyone understands that not every person would choose to donate their origins. In the case of those who disagree with the opt out system argue that it should not be an obligation but rather a gift and some people feel that presumed consent leads to plundering (Biela, 2013). Others argue that the government should not be able to remove organs in death. For those that are for the opt. out system argue that each person is given the opportunity to choose not to participate and by not signing an opt. out card they understand and have agreed to giving, up their organs. The reality is not that people think it is an unethical decision because a study done in Ohio shows that between18 – 49 and 50 and older all have the same attitude most are for donating their organs. “The study also has determined the younger group is more willing to act and the older group believe they are too old” (Downing, and Jones, 2015 pg.4). With this information neither ethnical stand can be against the opt. out system the reason is no matter which system is used everyone still would have to make a decision whether to or whether or not to participate. The change to an opt. out system would just get rid of a person’s failure to act a family having to make that decision when they may not be sure what to