Dear Ms Sarah Sargent,
I am opposed to presumed consent to organ donation for the following reasons:-
Presumed consent rules out the organ donation as a free gift and makes it compulsary for te donor's relatives let doctors have the organ(s).
In effect if no opposition to donation can be found the body
becomes the the property of the state with which to do as it
likes.
Presumed consent will not necessarily lead to more organs available
for donation
Presumed consent may well be extended into other areas of medicine
for example, removal of feeding tube without permission.
Takes no notice of serious concerns about current definitions and
practices concerning death, are donors proven to be brain dead, or
will donors have their organs removed while their hearts are still
beating?
Families will have no or very little say in what happens to their
loved ones' organs. II mean they could end up being stored or
frozen for some future grisly use.
In short, don't like the idea of Presumed Consent and I don't want it legalised.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Sue Jamieson,,
Basildon.