In my opinion, society has let this issue fall behind, when this issue is a very important subject matter that needs to be settled. Citizens are dying because they can not get organ donations fast enough since so many people are in need of an organ. If a law was regulated that allowed every inmate to donate their organs, there would be more organs to donate which would lead to less deaths that could be prevented.
I understand that there are numerous other important issues going on in society today, but this issue hasn't been completely cleared and reoccurs every time someone wants or needs an organ from an inmate. If we could clear the issue and pass the law, there would be less court cases, less deaths, and more organs for society.
Therefore, I feel that the issue needs to be presented and have the citizens and government aware, that there is an issue at hand that needs to be regulated.
That would be a great solution. At the very least they could have an inmate sign a consent form allowing such a procedure to take place following their execution. However, I can see why they wouldn't just up and take the organs as they please, because once a man or woman has been executed, technically they've paid their debt to society with their life. Therefore their organs are just as protected as any law abiding citizen's organs.
ReplyDeleteAnother issue that isn't brought up is the fact that what things the inmate has done during their life. Have they done drugs, past alcoholic, smoked? They all affect the organs in our body and could possibly just make things worse for the patient that they were trying to save.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree, there are too many people who are not receiving the organs they need. By having the inmates who are on death row donate their organs, would help this cause tremendously. But the people who need the organs, if they knew that the person they were receiving the organ from was on death row for a serious crime, how would they feel? The organ receiver could need a new heart and the only one available was from a serial killer who murders tons of people, would you want that heart in you? I think this issue could bring up many different controversies.
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