Proposal that people with donor cards are given priority over those that don't when needing an organ?

[angelos02]

DM Link if you want more detail:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2359972/Is-fair-dont-Organ-donors-jump-transplant-waiting-list-NHS-plans-boost-donation-levels.html

I can't see why anyone would argue against this. I do think an exception would have to be made for people that can't be donors due to medical reasons. Apart from that, why on earth not?

On one of these threads something was mentioned about how funeral parlours etc "respect the dead". That is purely for the benefit of the living. Any choice of cremation/burial/put on the compost heap is purely honouring the memory of the deceased. The dead don't care.

As an aside, can relatives give permission for organs to be donated even where there is no donor card/registration?