Thursday, March 11, 2010
‘Presumed Consent’ Organ Donor Bill
This idea should get your head spinning.Think about it. The default owner of your body parts is NOT to be you!
Elected officials are out of control...
Elected officials are out of control...
This is from a post by Warner Todd Huston on the PubliusForum blog:
"SB 3613, the Presumed Donor bill, amends the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act to define all Illinois patients as “presumed donors” unless they specifically avail themselves of the opt out clause. In other words, unless you tell the government that in the case of your presumed brain death you don’t want your body parts cut out and donated to other patients, they will be cut out and given to others.
As the law stands now a potential donor has to opt in to the organ donor program in order to allow the government to authorize usage of organs in case of brain death. One must inform the state ahead of time that one will agree to donate his organs. This bill would reverse that process of consent. If SB 3613 passes all patients will be assumed to be fodder for transplants unless they’ve specifically told the state that they do not want their body parts to be parceled out to other people."
