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To me everyone should be. Think it's kind of selfish to let viable organs go to waste when people are in need for them.

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[-] Lucky_Acid@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago

In my experience, some of the people that I have met that aren't organ donors are afraid that the hospitals and doctors will do less to save you if you're in an accident so that they can use all of your organs to "save" many more people. It's dumb, but I've met a scary amount of folks who believe that.

[-] lemmyman@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

It's not entirely unjustified.

A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk

People across the United States have endured rushed or premature attempts to remove their organs. Some were gasping, crying or showing other signs of life ...

A surgeon made an incision in her chest and sawed through her breastbone.

That’s when the doctors discovered her heart was beating. She appeared to be breathing. They were slicing into Ms. Hawkins while she was alive.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

On the other hand, they would have let her die if she was not a donor.

[-] YellowParenti@lemmy.wtf 17 points 2 days ago
[-] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 2 points 22 hours ago

I consent to this

[-] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago

Why do they paywall all the fun stuff behind being dead

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago

I don't want to provide any profit incentive for my death. Same reason life insurance makes me uncomfortable as well. It's not rational.

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