In the American system there is a defined right to property and the most valuable property that a person owns his himself. A program that requires and opt out versus an opt in is the largest threat to this theory that we are our own masters.

If a person has not gone through the time and expense of a will, or they have changed their mind on the death bed, those wishes will not be met because at the time of death the organs become the property of the state.

While I sympathize with those who need organ transplants, I fear that this encroachment on personal rights is far more dire. Instead of FORCING people to give freely what is theirs, we should be encouraging. The only time I have even been asked about donating my organs I was at the DMV getting my license. Doctors haven't asked me, pastors haven't asked me, there have been few popular campaigns...

And I support and opt in program obviously but I accidentally voted the wrong way. So the numbers in the poll are off by 1.

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No. It is different in different states and sometimes hospital policies are more up to date/or not.
For instance if you are part of a large chain that has a transplant specialty (like Mayo Clinic), I think your procedures would reflect the facilitation of signed donors.
And remember, not everyone has a drivers license, although I guess they probably ask the same questions for holders of IDs. I've moved around quite a bit and some DMVs ask, some don't.
I know some hospitals ask, but don't talk to you about it at any length. Some send in a counselor to talk about this and other stuff.
Also in the hospital setting, I would think this question might be upsetting to someone about to have a serious surgery. Maybe they never encountered this question before and now on the eve of God knows what, they are being asked if they would like to part with their organs.
I don't know what proceedure should be used, but I think taking that question out of the hospital setting is just common sense.

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I am for explicit consent only. I don't want government in the middle of a personal choice, whether it is abortion (with some restrictions) or organ donation.

I read a story about China, and the law enforcement taking prisoners to a soccer stadium for mass executions with ambulances in waiting to harvest the organs.

If you have never worked in an ER (or associated functions) this is not something that you would be aware of. When doctors, nurses and assorted technicians are fighting to save a life, they are not privy to the paperwork signed, or the organ donation status, etc. They are in that one space at that time, tring to keep the patient alive. if the patient is initially saved and is on life support with no brain function, that's different.

There is a very short time period from the time that a person dies until the organs become useless. It varies by organ, but same principle.

I don't understand why you think that would happen, let alone become commonplace.
They already have to insure themselves out the wazoo for malpractice--why would they make it worse?
Motor voter works. Make opt-out option VERY clear at the time of license renewal. That's all. A simple "yes" or "no" from the driver. Make it impossible to get uninformed consent.

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Why don't we make the opt in option clear at license renewal? That way the government isn't taking the rights of the people through complacency.

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Man I disagree entirely. Maybe not entirely. Doctors have to take and uphold the Hippocratic Oath, which is very important to most doctors. The only doctors who would ever do what you're suggesting are terrible doctors who will inevitably lose their jobs in disgrace because they're terrible doctors.

Where I don't necessarily disagree is on the merits of the policy. It might be the lesser of two evils, the other evil being the violation of property rights. It's dead flesh and peoples' lives are at stake, I mean fuck dude.

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Right now America spends $700 billion every year on foreign oil. That's our money going overseas when it could be staying here. We have to stop this.
That's why I support the Pickens Plan. Check out the website at www.pickensplan.com. If you like what you see, please join me as a Pickens Plan supporter.

If a certain course of action makes the mouth-breathers furious, then that’s a good policy. – The Practical Environmentalist

Why not. Theoretically the Soul has left the body on death, so what does it matter?