The Moral Stance on Mandatory Organ Donation

Organ donation is a pure act of kindness. However, it is often debated about whether it should be mandatory or not. Donating your organ is a social cause which is all together a decision of the person who is willing to donate his or her organ. Saving lives is the noblest thing a person can do, and an organ donor can save the lives of approximately eight people so it is a cause without harm and help for others. It is a privilege to be able to help out the people in need even after you are dead. Every year thousands of people receive the gift of life a lifesaving transplant of heart, kidney, liver, lungs or intestines and many other people receive corneas and tissues.The Moral Stance on Mandatory Organ Donation

Transplantation is one of the great medical advancement of our times. It all starts when someone’s organs begin to fail and that person is in a need of transplant to survive. A thorough evaluation is conducted at a transplantation center and if the person is a healthy candidate for a transplant he or she will be put on the national transplant waiting list, once a person is on the list the wait for an organ begins. A national system matches people on the waiting list with donors and the factors considered in matching donors and recipients including blood type, size of the body, how sick they are, and distance from donors. Because the waiting list is very long and there are not enough organ donors. Eighteen people die each day when in need of organ and not finding it at the right time. A donor can turn the time of loss into time of hope. One person can give life to as many as 8 people through organ donation. A person willing to save a person’s life through organ donation will have a privilege to say that “I saved someone’s life.” The donor can donate their organs for free because the procurement agency takes care of all the expenses.The Moral Stance on Mandatory Organ Donation

The motive behind the selection of this specific topic is the drama series “BREATHE” which conveyed the meaningful message from which I got inspired to select this particular topic. The series showed how one organ donor can save many lives not only the patient but the patient’s family members as well. Moreover, this series has a negative point which was the father’s character, who in order to save his son’s life, went beyond the limits to steal the organ in an inappropriate manner. However, Jordan baker (2012) says that it was found that the generations who are most likely in need of organs are the least likely to be registered organ donors. Certainly there are some people who would not qualify as donors because of health problems, but for the rest of us, it is a duty to donate for people in need. Organ donation however should not be mandatory, but we could do something to encourage a culture of people who want to donate.