The USA should use a soft opt out system for organ donation.

I thank you for your counterargument which I will now counter so to form a counter-attack upon your countery attack of my original post! 1: Moral problems "The main reason why we need to have this safeguard is because many people have problems with the organ donation process. This is true because many types of religion and some peoples personal beliefs mean that they will opt out. " You talk about how people may need to opt out for their personal reasons, such as religion or ethics. Well, in this case, they wouldn't sign up in the first place- why would they sign up for something they didn't believe in. You explain that this is just "simply a box to check at the DMV" I believe it's more likely Joe Average wouldn't check this box, if you're given a form and this is an option, you'll just leave it blank, not really sure, you don't want any extra hassle. I really cannot understand your belief that someone would check that box to sign up for organ donation if they didn't want their organs taken, unless they were ob the mental health ward. .. In your example of a young man in a car crash, you said: "The fact that he has a family to depend on means that his family morals will not be infringed upon" My key question here is: What do the family have to do with it? This man would have chosen his own morals, no matter his family, it's his personal choice what he would like to do, it is not up to his family to make those decisions for him; whether he is related or not to someone, that doesn't mean they can choose his personal morals. As for your final poll, I'd just like to say, polls can be very different to what actually happens, a poll is just what you call "A box to check"- keeping the role of family sounds like a positive option, which makes people vote for that more than the negative sounding option. I would just like to take this opportunity to give my full definition of the soft opt out system, as no formal definition has yet been released other than your informal explanation. Soft opt out system- "Patients will NOT automatically be signed up for organ donation, but if they do sign up and show an interest, their family members can call off the donation after their death" Based upon this principle, the donator has given full consent to have their organs donated, so why should anyone take that away from them? It's not like they can't realize, with all the paperwork they'd have to sign and fill out. 2: The extra organs would not be needed anyway due to small quantity I fully acknowledge your point here and agree that, in some instances, there becomes little demand for organs, I feel getting more organs could be an issue, though, as we will have to find somewhere to store them; this could lead to political issues if national government is trying to pass organs onto the hands of statewide governments. You can't have this system, because if someone believes in something, you simply can't take that choice away from them! We would then be bordering on negative rights- you can't tell someone they can't do something- their family shouldn't be able to! 1. . http://www.edp24.co.uk... Used this UK site for some interesting views about organ donation. 2. . http://www.telegraph.co.uk... Thanks, look forward to your next argument, should be interesting!