Do you think all Americans should be required to be organ donors?

I'm not sure it should be a requirement because that implies enforcement and policing, and penalties, and all the other stuff that goes along with making it a legal requirement. Are we going to fine someone or jail them for refusing to be a donor? That doesn't make sense. I can't remember where it was, perhaps in the UK, that the government was floating an idea that being an organ donor would be optional, but the default would be that everyone WOULD be an organ donor. If they felt strongly against it, they could choose to rescind their donor status. I'm not sure if the idea became law or not but I think it's a great solution since most people wouldn't bother to take the time to go to the courthouse or wherever and rescind donor status, so most people would, by default, be donors, but it still wouldn't be a requirement.

The answer to that is simple no. Its our right as a citizen to choose what we want to do so why do we keep wanting to change people. Dont mess with changing people you may not like the change you see.

there are several reasons why people do not be come organ donors, and I resect that, but there are a lot of people who do not care one way or the other, and my thinking is instead of having a "I want to be an organ donor" card have one that says please do not use my remains for an organ donation. If there is no card then use the organs tissue and any thing else that is usable. I am a strongly in favor of organ donations, I lost a child because there was no donors, but I also understand and respect those that choose not to. I believe that in some eastern countries the state can and does use organs from bodies where ther is no family to say yes or no. What is the worst that can happen, you get put into a grave with your heart or kidneys missing, like you are going to use them? I am speaking not as an American but as a human that resides in Canada, but this should be world wide

Don't you think that being required to do something is exactly the opposite of what America is all about. I think that we should educate people on the benefits and then let them make up their own minds. This could be a slippery slope...every will be required to do everything and then we will just be mindless drones of the government.

Personally, I'm a organ donor. Even though my spouse does not agree. I feel that it is not doing me any good why not let the organs help someone else. Everyone does not look at it like that though. I feel that it is their choice and they should not be forced to be organ donors. The gift(s) should come from the heart.

Hi, required...NO it is a persons choice if they want to donate their organs if they pass away.If they have working organs and no chance of surviving and did not sign a organ donor card it should be up to their closest living relative to make that choice and not the government.

Personally I like that idea. But I don't think it would be some thing any one could acually implement. Personally I am an organ donor and I think more should be but to each there own I guess. Some people are more selfish then others.

I don't believe it should be a requirement. That is a personal choice of each individual. I am a organ donor because I firmly believe that someones life can be saved by using my organs or their eyesight restored or anything that my organs can be used for I am happy for it. But I don't think it should be required as I mentioned in my first sentence.

Dear friend, I hope each individual has his own decisions and this freedom of decisions on this organ donor is also to fully upon their freedom. If made compels I hope that is effecting an individual personal freedom to take his decision. It is that person's organ and that person has the right to decide whether to give or not. I hope if that person is willing we could give a big praise for him or could analyse that person is good person.

In my case I doubt it would matter. At the rate I'm going, by the time I pass, none of my organs will be worth giving away as they don't work that well now No, I don't think things of that nature should be mandatory. Maybe if the government spent more time educating the public then more people might become donors, but it still would be a free choice on their part

I dont think it should be a requirement. It is our bodies. We should be able to do what we want with them. Although I think everyone choose to. Its a very kind and generous thing to do.

That is surely not a good idea...that is a thing of choice and no one should be compelled to donate if they are not willing to

No one should EVER be given the right to force someone else to do something with their body. By forcing people to become donors, you're trampling all over civil rights. That gets into legal, moral, religious, and all kinds of boundary issues. I would not want an organ someone had been FORCED to give. There's simply something wrong with that. If a woman is allowed to do what she wants with her body (i.e. have an abortion), people should be allowed to keep their body parts. Additionally, by having an abundance of spare parts, you run the risk of upsetting the laws of nature. The Earth already can't sustain the population on it now, how do you suppose to control population growth then? I could go on and on, but there are dozens of reason why requiring people to be organ donors is a bad idea.