On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:55:11 -0000, Jimmy Stewart ... wrote:

On 19/02/2021 21:00, Tim+ wrote:
NY wrote:
Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news Scotland and Canada are (thinking of) changing to "opt out" for organ
donation. Why? Why not just make it mandatory? You're dead, you don't
need those organs. 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



Legally they have all the rights. Once youre dead (or brain dead) you have
no rights.

Tim

what about animal organ transplants ? ...

Nobody seems to agree on what animal rights are. You can eat a cow, but if you kill a mouse or rat the wrong way it's against the law.