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Wales and other countries have adopted an organ donation system that's seen by some as a solution to the donor deficit in the U.S.
In this Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 photo, the body of a brain-dead potential organ donor lies covered on a bed at Mid-America Transplant Services in St. Luis....
Should the Government Decide if You're an Organ Donor?
Wales and other countries have adopted an organ donation system that's seen by some as a solution to the donor deficit in the U.S.
A new policy across the Atlantic is one that's harvested interest in the U.S. as a possible way to curb the country's drastic shortage of organ donors.
Wales' "presumed consent" organ donation system assumes people want to donate their organs unless they specifically say otherwise – a departure from the opt-in policy employed throughout the U.S. in which people can note such a decision on their driver's license and sign up to be donors through a state registry. Countries like France, Italy and Spain have adopted similar opt-out policies, though Wales is the first in the U.K. to do so and officials say adequate protections are built in for those with concerns about the process.
originally posted by: ReadLeader
Should the Government Decide if You're an Organ Donor?
What if it were your loved one, in the hospital bed waiting for that gift of life? Would you still say "no"?
I do pity the fool that gets my liver though!
originally posted by: ReadLeader
Should the Government Decide if You're an Organ Donor?
originally posted by: Discotech
And of course looking the response from some posters, they didn't bother to read the article and just go off the fabricated headline with a typical knee jerk reaction