Do you have ethical objections to organ donation?

22 Feb 2012
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Although Australia is a world leader for organ, tissue and eye transplant outcomes it has one of the lowest donation rates in the developed world. Around 1,600 people are on the Australian transplant waiting list. But organ donation poses ethical issues for some people. Where do you stand?

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Take them, after I have finished with them.

pete - from perth, 24 days ago

NO, take the hole lot after I have finished with them they wont be much good anyway.

Just Think

Hajj - from Sydney, 2 months ago

If the 16 innocent children and women who were murdered by US in Afghanistan have their organ taken to USa and then are sold to people who support such killings. Would it be right ?

Make Your Own Decision

Kathy Pearson - from NSW, 3 months ago

I believe that if someone fills out the legal paperwork to donate their organs that no other person should be given the opportunity to override that decision,

wont bother

geo - from gold coast, 3 months ago

wont bother

do it

geo - from gold coast, 3 months ago

the fact that so few people have posted any comments on this subject is indicative of ozzie thoughts on organ donations. it is hard to make the decision when you are young to donate, we did it but with tongue in cheek, it will never happen to us. now later in life we realise the gift that can be passed on from the dead to the living is beyond comprehension. Just do it, dont give it a second thought, it could be YOU that benefis from anothers generousity.

Living Longer

den - from NSW, 3 months ago

to donate organs is not happening in our family , aged people used to be cared for by family and 1 stayed home to look after them as well as the kids and they passed away now its live longer become a burden on everyone ,enough its getting out of control reduce the population not increase it by keeping people alive longer ,come on think about it living to 100 or older is nonproductive ,its wrong to to harvest organs and i dont agree its best for society people

I'm happy to donate

michael - from rosebud, 3 months ago

What happens when people make decisions based on religious or moral standards, as to who can have their organs and who can't.? We all belong to the family of mankind and as such why shouldn't we give organs freely and unconditionally to help our fellow humans. Of course there's protocols to protect donors but in crisis situations split decisions save lives. When I go to my maker I'd be quite happy to know that my last action on this earth would be to someone in need and to save a life

Concerned

Kylie - from Sunshine Coast, 3 months ago

Organ Donation in theory is very noble, however, when it reaches stages as in some USA areas, where an organ retrieval team vehicle is despatched to follow an ambulance to an accident scene; to take over if the retrieval team supervisor makes a decision to stop rescue efforts and to then 'harvest' the victim's organs; it oversteps the boundaries of ethical, noble and acceptable. http://www.naturalnews.com/030606_ambulances_organs.html

Just think

Wag - from Sydney, 3 months ago

Imagine for one minute your well looked after heart or other organs going to some murderer , rapist or pedophile to keep them alive or your healthy lungs going to a smoker who starts up again or your liver and kidneys going to an alcoholic who starts drinking again ,if only you could specify what goes where after all they are ours to give

organ donations

silvertongue - from oz, 3 months ago

Is the low donation rate anything to do with the high proportion of 3rd word refugees or is it just Australians normal apathy? I wonder, if you could sell your body parts if there would be a shortage? I bet there wouldn't be!

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