Organ Donation Should Be Made Mandatory

I would like to refute the refutations brought forth by my opponent. A. My opponent is making baseless assumptions. Just because organ donation is mandatory upon death doesn’t mean you can’t donate an organ while living. People can donate organs and still live. This resolution isn’t making organ donation only available upon death, it means that people must donate an organ when they die, but that doesn’t mean they can’t donate an organ beforehand. B. Upon death, bodies are sent to the morgue or hospitals. Organs can be removed there, thus we wouldn’t need to prosecute them as the organ would be removed before being placed in the ground. Of course no human is obligated to help another, but saving another person’s life is the right thing to do. I ask you, if you had the chance to save someone’s life, would you? After several days after death, you can’t save your organs in case your family member needs a transplant. The organs would die as I showed in R1. Furthermore, we can’t put you in the ground until the organs are removed because of possible deterioration of the organs in the ground e. g. quickened decomposition. What I meant by my statement “If a person was still living as it can be considered murder” is that if we forcibly removed multiple organs from a person who was still living it COULD be considered murder. Living donors are not considered murderers, as they are life savers, just like non-living donors. My opponent is twisting my words and making baseless assumptions. As I mentioned regarding religion, many religions have accepted organ donation after death. For example: Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islamism, and Buddhism. Judaism actually only allows organ donation after death. [1] Jehovah’s witnesses are actually allowed to accept organ donation and donate their organ, unlike what my opponent would have you believe. Jehovah’s witnesses viewed organ donation as cannibalism, but: “Regarding the transplantation of human tissue or bone from one human to another, this is a matter for conscientious decision by each one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Some Christians might feel that taking into their bodies any tissue or body part from another human is cannibalistic. …Other sincere Christians today may feel that the Bible does not definitely rule out medical transplants of human organs” [2]As I said above, saving a life is the right thing to do. Ethically, you are obliged to. The government won’t force us to give away our houses because our houses we need. Our family may need. Our organs after death we don’t need. It cannot be denied though that organ donation saves lives. On side Proposition, we say that a 50% - 90% success is already an extremely high rate and every life that is saved is worth it. Even if it was only 50%, we would save 9 lives a day. 9 human beings. With science, I am not suggesting that we donate our whole bodies. How much you donate is up to the person as I specified in R1. We don’t need to donate our entire body after death, donating a single organ can still further scientific research. You can donate a couple organs and then be cremated. Donating your organs will greatly increase scientific research because each person is different. Diseases will affect each person differently. New diseases and new illnesses are discovered frequently. Organ donation doesn’t have to be for science only, it can also be to SAVE LIVES. We need more organs, as shown as there is a wait list for organs. It curbs illegal activity because there is no longer that need to buy illegal organs, there is no need for that anymore as there would be enough organs. This remains a valid contention. Of course this happens in doctor’s offices, but does every doctor’s office have the capability of removing organs with a full surgical room, surgical team, and equipment? We aren’t just going to let anyone remove the organs, we will have licensed doctor in hospitals removing the organs. I am not suggesting that we would make this legal, we are just removing the need for that black market. These donations would go to science or organ donation as the organs are removed in a hospital, not in someone’s garage. CONCLUSIONMy opponent has failed to point out any flaws in my mandate. The BOP I feel I have proven. There are so many benefits of this mandate. For these reasons, Vote Pro. Sources:1. . http://en.wikipedia.org...2. . http://4jehovah.org...