Organ Donor

• sportchampps

  I got a new ID this week. While in line I noticed it was almost 50/50 on people choosing to become a donor. I choose to be a donor because I like the idea of helping others even when I'm gone. So are you an organ donor and why or why not?
• xKoToVxSyNdRoMe

  

  Pretty sure I am. If I can't use it anymore hopefully someone else can.
• James Gatz

  If you're not an organ donor, you're either an idiot or a lowlife.
• Midstate01

  

  Why wouldn't you be.
• sportchampps

  I know some people say no because of medical distrust or reliegous reasons
• sportchampps

  Just googled it and only 38.2% of Americans are organ donors
• gerb131

  

  I'am as well.
• Pick6

  

  Im an organ donor. I dont really see a need for my organs when Im dead, so why not help out others?
• Midstate01

  

  Pick6;1349548 wrote:Im an organ donor. I dont really see a need for my organs when Im dead, so why not help out others?

  
  Exactly
• James Gatz

  sportchampps;1349522 wrote:I know some people say no because of medical distrust or reliegous reasons

  Both examples of the idiot category.
• OSH

  

  James Gatz;1349512 wrote:If you're not an organ donor, you're either an idiot or a lowlife.

  This.
  
  The biggest problem is you have to tell them you want to become an organ donor -- that's what was explained to me at a BMV. So, you have all kinds of people who either a) don't know better; b) are stupid; or c) forget -- I think those are the main reasons why people may not be.
• Tiernan

  I donated my organ and my piano the last time we moved. Saved me alot of money since I no longer played either one.
• Belly35

  

  What parts I have left are pretty much used and abused :laugh:
• xKoToVxSyNdRoMe

  

  Tiernan;1349587 wrote:I donated my organ and my piano the last time we moved. Saved me alot of money since I no longer played either one.

  God bless you. You are a true saint.
• sportchampps

  At the DMV they asked each person getting a ID if they wanted to be a donor. I know only about 1/2 the states use this process for becoming organ donors in other states they make it much harder to become a donor.
• cat_lover

  I am a donor but I want to apoligize to the person who gets my liver.
• Mulva

  

  sportchampps;1349525 wrote:Just googled it and only 38.2% of Americans are organ donors

  
  They should make it opt-out rather than opt-in.
  
  I'll also echo the "no legitimate reason not to" sentiment.
• sportchampps

  Only 54% of Ohioans are organ donors. The OC is killing that average.
• GoChiefs

  

  xKoToVxSyNdRoMe;1349507 wrote:Pretty sure I am. If I can't use it anymore hopefully someone else can.

  
  Agreed.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Most people can probably live on a lot less than they do. Most electronics are unnecessary. People can donate blood and plasma while living without any problems. Why don't people do all these things? Sometimes it's just a personal choice.
  
  And to call anyone an idiot because they don't do something you do is just closed minded. Some people have either religious or personal reasons for not wanting to donate their organs. It's as simple as some people being partial to the idea of their body remaining in tact.
  
  Another thing that everyone could do after death but don't is donating your body to science. It's something that will help out our scientific understanding and everyone in the long run. Is a person an idiot because they don't do it as they don't need it after they are dead? Nope, it's a personal choice.
• mcburg93

  

  Fly4Fun;1350303 wrote:Most people can probably live on a lot less than they do. Most electronics are unnecessary. People can donate blood and plasma while living without any problems. Why don't people do all these things? Sometimes it's just a personal choice.
  
  And to call anyone an idiot because they don't do something you do is just closed minded. Some people have either religious or personal reasons for not wanting to donate their organs. It's as simple as some people being partial to the idea of their body remaining in tact.
  
  Another thing that everyone could do after death but don't is donating your body to science. It's something that will help out our scientific understanding and everyone in the long run. Is a person an idiot because they don't do it as they don't need it after they are dead? Nope, it's a personal choice.

  I have all the papers filled out to donate my body. Just havent sent the papers in yet. I have some mixed emotions about being cut up after im dead. I am an organ donor so not sure why it matters either way.
• James Gatz

  Fly4Fun;1350303 wrote:Some people have either religious or personal reasons for not wanting to donate their organs.

  If God would punish someone for living a good life, who had also given their organs to save other people when they pass, the fuck him. He has complete divine power and created the entire universe but can't restore organs when we're magically transported to the after life?
  
  I stand by my statement that you're an idiot or a lowlife if you don't donate your organs.
• fan_from_texas

  There was an interesting expose on it last year--I think in the WSJ or The Atlantic, but I don't recall precisely. The basic idea is that there are some real ethical concerns involved with organ donation, and being an organ donor has a statistically significant effect on the type of care you receive.
  
  Basically, if they can raid you for parts if you die, interestingly enough, you're more likely to die. There is also some debate about when to declare people dead for organ harvesting purposes--some studies suggest it's done too soon so that the organs remain viable.
  
  Certainly some room for debate on the issue.
• James Gatz

  fan_from_texas;1350347 wrote:There was an interesting expose on it last year--I think in the WSJ or The Atlantic, but I don't recall precisely..

  There was an article about organ donation in the WSJ that generated some controversy back in the Spring, but it didn't really address anything you said. It was more about informed consent, and whether brain dead patients feel pain when harvesting organs. It was also heavily criticized for incorrectly quoting a Medical Professor, and also ignoring the fact that your family still has to give consent to donate organs in a brain dead patient.
  
  Do you have a link? Maybe we're discussing different articles
• fan_from_texas

  I'm familiar with that article as well, but I was thinking of something else. I'm on my phone right now but will see if I can dig up a link later. It's possible, of course, that I'm just conflating the two in my mind.