Comments on: Presumed Consent’s Time Has Come http://bobsnewheart.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/presumed-consents-time-has-come/ NEWS & VIEWS ON ORGAN DONATION & TRANSPLANTATION Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:28:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dju316 http://bobsnewheart.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/presumed-consents-time-has-come/#comment-47 dju316 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:11:15 +0000 http://bobsnewheart.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-47 If presumed consent was implemented in the United States, the supply of organs for transplant operations would increase significantly. According to polls, about 90% of Americans support organ donation but only about 50% have bothered to register. If everybody was automatically registered, few people would bother to un-register. Presumed consent can only be implemented in the United States through legislative action – Congress (or state legislatures) would have to pass a law. In the mean time, there is an already-legal way to put a big dent in the organ shortage – allocate donated organs first to people who have agreed to donate their own organs when they die. Giving organs first to organ donors will convince more people to register as organ donors. It will also make the organ allocation system fairer. People who aren’t willing to share the gift of life should go to the back of the waiting list as long as there is a shortage of organs. Anyone who wants to donate their organs to others who have agreed to donate theirs can join LifeSharers. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other organ donors when they die. Membership is free at www.lifesharers.org or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. There is no age limit, parents can enroll their minor children, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition If presumed consent was implemented in the United States, the supply of organs for transplant operations would increase significantly. According to polls, about 90% of Americans support organ donation but only about 50% have bothered to register. If everybody was automatically registered, few people would bother to un-register.

Presumed consent can only be implemented in the United States through legislative action – Congress (or state legislatures) would have to pass a law.

In the mean time, there is an already-legal way to put a big dent in the organ shortage – allocate donated organs first to people who have agreed to donate their own organs when they die.

Giving organs first to organ donors will convince more people to register as organ donors. It will also make the organ allocation system fairer. People who aren’t willing to share the gift of life should go to the back of the waiting list as long as there is a shortage of organs.

Anyone who wants to donate their organs to others who have agreed to donate theirs can join LifeSharers. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other organ donors when they die. Membership is free at http://www.lifesharers.org or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. There is no age limit, parents can enroll their minor children, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition

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