On 19/02/2021 20:57, NY wrote:
Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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Scotland and Canada are (thinking of) changing to "opt out" for organ
donation.Â* Why?Â* Why not just make it mandatory?Â* You're dead, you
don't need those organs.Â* Why waste the doctor's time on paperwork?
Why murder someone after your death who could have been saved by your
body parts? And no I dont care if you have some crazy religion.

Organ donation should still be optional, but with two provisos:

- the assumption is that unless you are on record as saying no, it
should be presumed that you agree to donate

- your next of kin has no right to countermand your wishes and withhold
their permission even though you have said that you want to donate:
their permission should not even be sought

Your next of kin are the ones that have to live the rest of their lives
with the pictures in their head and the upset that an incomplete body
was buried. Many will be fine with that, taking solace in the good that
came from it, others will not. Family should always have the final say
.... *UNLESS* you have made a firm and documented choice beforehand -
then they should not be able to override it. Where your consent has only
been assumed, family *must* retain the final say.