Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Organ Donation vs. Execution
I recently found an article that discusses the topic of whether or not organ donation of a death row inmate should replace the form of execution. The researcher suggests that, "The anesthetizing of the condemned and the recovery of organs in the usual manner would produce optimum organs for transplantation. However, the cross-clamping the aorta and the ensuing cardiectomy, followed by the disconnection of the ventilator, create an unacceptable situation for the organ recovery team." (http://www.joefalco.com/findings/fdoc0007.html). Do you truly think this process should be allowed and condemned in order to replace execution? The researcher goes on to suggest that individuals in opposition to the death penalty might object to accepting an organ from either an executed prisoner or a prisoner who traded their organ for their life. What do you think you would do if you were placed in this position? Is an organ an organ? or does it lose meaning when you find out the source of where the organ came from?
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If I was dying from an organ failure and I was offered a healthy, even from a condemned serial killer, I do not think I would be able to refuse. Many people die each year waiting for a healthy organ o be available to them. Although many people are organ donors, their death usually involves a failure of one of those organs. But in this case all organs are healthy (usually) and able to be preserved. Why waste these bodies when they could be saving lives rather than rotting in the ground?
ReplyDeleteI feel that if I was put in this situation, I would definitely take the organ. I have mixed feelings about the death penalty, I agree with the idea that the death penalty does prevent some crimes, but I am also against the death pentaly, because there are too many cases of inncoent prisoners being killed. The list for organ donations is massive and once put on the list it is a miracle if you actually recieve the organ. To many people are dying , because of a lack of organs, prisoners could make up for terrible deeds they did b saving someone elese's life.
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