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Article: Donor cards a matter of choice ; I carry an organ donor card having chosen to opt in to the system of organ donation. It is my body and my choice.
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- Herald Express (Torquay UK)
- Article date:
- January 25, 2008
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I carry an organ donor card having chosen to opt in to the system
of organ donation. It is my body and my choice.
It is estimated that around a thousand lives a year could be
saved by government proposals for the removal of organs from
patients without their consent.
Unless people opt out of the donor register or family members
object, hospitals could be allowed to take their organs.
The potential for saving lives through a system of presumed
consent has to be weighed against the principle of individual rights
to decide whether to opt in to the donor system.
The experiences of other countries with such a system present a
very powerful case for introducing it here. However, it is vital we ...