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  • Koa_lala [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    We have an opt-out system here, I opted out. I just don't feel comfortable with it. Just out of curiosity, do you all think everyone should have a rationally sound argument for opting out?

    • Nephroni [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah you should have a pretty good reason for opting out. Some religious beliefs don't like organ donation.

      But to me it seems a selfish decision to opt out. You aren't using the organs anymore, you don't need them.

      There are children on the waiting list who are going to die if they don't get organs.

      Thousands of people die every year just in the US because they are waiting for kidneys

      • Koa_lala [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Because we have an opt-out system, the vast majority of people choose to donate their organs. About 73% of people will donate their organs. As opposed to the US, where only about 54% decide to donate. I think there's a meaningful difference between those circumstances.

        Not to mention that "only 3 in 1,000 people die in a way that allows for deceased organ donation". Which makes the chance of me personally being responsible for someone not being able to be helped very small.

        So the problem is more a matter of how people die than how many people donate.

    • Budwig_v_1337hoven [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It's your own body. If there is any sphere of the world in which having a non-rational/a-rational position on is totally valid, it's your own body imo

        • Budwig_v_1337hoven [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          it's not yours, yes - but it is you - or, it will have been you.
          Organs aren't simple possessions to be utilized, they are what constitute you. Sure, you can look at the utility function of a bit of human tissue shaped into an organ and decide that it may better serve someone else at a point where you are no longer - but that decision should be your own conscious decision, in my humble opinion.

          I'm a donor myself, but I find it questionable to try and guilt or otherwise coerce or even worse, rationalize people into donating.