If they weren't giving us the option of opting out, I'd agree, but they are.
They're giving us the option.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 12:34, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

I don't want to get all conspiratorial over it because I genuinely don't believe this is a bad move,
I'm just saying I can see why certain people might have an issue with it.

Suppose large numbers of people opt out, would they cancel the law or cancel the right to opt out? The precedent is already in place that shows the legality of the NHS or the state owning your kidneys. The argument will be, as now, that a living person needs a dead person's organs more than the original owner. Suddenly the population has lost control of what happens to their own bodies after death.

Again, I'm not against the law. I'm not suggesting that I seriously believe the above will occur. I'm just saying I can kind of get why people might not be altogether welcoming over it.
( Kroney, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 12:38, Reply)

But that's not the law, and that wouldn't become the law because the element of consent will always be kept
You could just as easily suggest that, what if they change the law to make everyone where clear plastic clothes in case you carry a hidden weapon. Yes, theoretically it could happen if all the MPs decided to vote for it, but in reality it would never happen. Same with organ donation, there will always be the option of consent.

This simply makes it more likely that people who don't have a problem with it, but who didn't bother getting a donor card, will end up donating their organs.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 12:41, Reply)