given the organ donation register carries no weight what so ever as the decision is down to the relatives, how do people suppose that an opt-out system would be any more successful. The next of kin would still have the overriding say, and given that around 47% of NOK refuse consent for organ donation even if someone is on the register, surely the solution lies closer to trying to make the process better for the next of kin to go through rather than resorting to a process where we are forced to withdrawing permission for our bodies to become the property of the state when we die.
I am on the register, but if they introduce an opt out system I will opt out.
As for people not being entitled to receive an organ unless they are prepared to donate one, do people really feel that we should be dictated to by the state what hoops we have to jump through to get treatments? given many people don't actually consider organ donation until they need an organ themselves, and most people are far more likely to need an organ than to be in a position to donate one, this seems a slippery slope to me. Where should we draw the line? no fertility treatments if you've had a termination? no cancer treatments if you smoke/drink/eat more than 2000 calories a day/have a BMI above a healthy range - where does it end?