A man on his way to be taken off of lifesupport so his organs can be used.

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Some countries are making organ donation an "opt out" policy. As in, if you don't specify that you don't want to donate, you are automatically an organ donor. I think a lot more places should be like this.

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I agree, and would go as far as it should not even be an option; if you are in a public hospital and you die, the doctors should have the option of harvesting your organs if they are viable and needed. After all, you are going to be using them anymore.

One of the issues is the potential for corruption, ie patients being de-facto murdered for their organs.


Which is why I would be explicitely against such regulation in say Russia and why such regulation in Ukraine (with authorisation to export such biological materiel abroad, to the rich payers) concerns me, as it already generates an increase in the organ trafficing related deaths.