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eppur_se_muova

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3. If the person has a chronic condition, they won't be a donor. Especially if due to something communicable.

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 01:17 PM

Sep 17

And I can imagine many families where there are big splits on this, so "all immediate family" may very well not be donors. Remember, you don't choose your relatives, except for your spouse.

I'm not going to change anything. If someone is going to die without my organs, that's two human lives lost instead of one.

But I will have the donor's family informed I'm a foreign-born, mixed-race, transsexual, college-educated bleeding-heart liberal atheist. They can take whatever action they want.

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I read an article yesterday that the rate of people dropping off of the transplant list [View all] Horse with no Name Sep 17 OP

F'ing NYT underpants Sep 17 #1

Thanks! Horse with no Name Sep 17 #4

You are the one who decides if you are an organ donor - not your family. Ms. Toad Sep 17 #2

If the person has a chronic condition, they won't be a donor. Especially if due to something communicable. eppur_se_muova Sep 17 #3

If that's a deal-breaker for some, there will be someone else ready for your generous gift. mucholderthandirt Sep 17 #6

Stupid is as stupid does. Morons to the left of me, morons to the right! mucholderthandirt Sep 17 #5