I’ve withdrawn from organ donation register

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I give blood and have always been very pro organ donation.

Sadly I have just withdrawn as protest against reproductive organ donation. I can’t support it and am very conflicted as would like to donate other organs.

What are your views and is it a hasty decision (although not sure I would change my mind).

The last time I looked this was AIBU.

Not quite what you said before, but never mind.

@Alargeoneplease89 Yes, I think if transplanting reproductive organs becomes more widely available, the register will include it as a choice. I was just stating one reason people object to the idea of r/o transplants. I definitely would opt out of it if they add it to the list.

you're wrong, there is still the option to opt out of stuff you dont want taken.

You can also make sure your NOK are aware of your wishes on what can/cannot be taken as under the current law, they have final veto on your donation potential

Exactly! That's my choice, for my body, after thinking about it for a while. What's crackpot about not wanting to extend a paedophiles life? I do want to extend the life of the lovely mother with great kids etc etc, I really don't want to extend the life of a murderer or rapist or abuser. Because I can't specify this on my register, this is where I have landed that I'm most comfortable with.

So if your child needs an organ donor to save their life I assume you would refuse that as well. As far as I know reproductive organ transplants have come from living donors. So your reasoning is ludicrous.

That's fair enough but seems silly for the OP to withdraw everything based on something that's not actually happening yet, there's already a massive shortage of organs and early deaths and the twitter nutters are out in force basically killing people with their knee jerk reactions.

Of all the points in my post you picked up on the wording?

Semantics don't change the salient point that you are no longer registered as a donor whether that's classed as "registered as refusing," or "deregistered" you're still no longer a donor.

Edit: Spelling

So you are deciding for another human being whether it’s the right choice for them to receive an organ by opting out? You are saying, meh I think the quality of life many of them have is a bit shit really so theyre better off dead. Or meh, that extra 12months with their loved ones is so not worth it, so I’m hoarding my organs for the crematorium so I can fit in the XL urn.

Shouldnt it be up to the person that is suffering organ failure to decide what quality of life is acceptable to them or what extra time is worthwhile to them and not you?

Youre almost playing at being a Goddess by withholding life.

Then you prepare for that sounds morbid but maybe look into what you want to happen when you're gone. So your family know your wishes. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow.

So if you needed a transplant, how do you know its not a paedo? Would you decline a life saving procedure... just incase?

Certain quarters of Mumsnet in a nutshell

Really? In what way?

Whether someone choses to donate or receive an organ should be entirely their own choice. Mine is a hard no. Others will feel differently and they are allowed to.

I believe the donors should have to give explicit informed consent when signing up and that the current system is simply not fit for purpose.

@Alargeoneplease89 I suppose it's a drastic reaction. OP should explain why they think it's necessary to opt out of everything. I know very little about why people would withdraw completely over the r/o thing, but I think it's a protest against something seen as unethical and dangerous. I think it's unfair on people who desperately need other transplants, but I really don't know why such a protest is considered necessary.

So if you won't opt in I assume should you need an organ you won't be expecting one??

I know it's a very personal decision (I've withdrew from the organ donor register for other reasons) but why are lots of people withdrawing from it for this reason? I'm not a Mum and would love to be so I think it would be sad if my uterus was used for someone else but just wondered why it's more problematic than other things?

It does there’s 2 options- all organs or opt in for certain organs only and you select them

That should have said 'I withdrew' or 'I've withdrawn', not a grammar error, just a typo!

Why does it even matter. Why let your organs rot and be eaten by maggots/cremated when you could save someone’s life. What a waste. Take any part of me I say as long as I’m deed!!!

Odds are very much your organs would go to a regular, decent person. It’s just not at all likely to happen that you’d end up extending the life of a serious criminal.

Yes it does - it asks you what you want to donate and if you choose "some organs/tissues" then it creates a dropdown menu where you can choose individually what you do/do not wish to donate (as per the attached picture)

Tbh, even if I was 'weirded out' by the thought of somebody having my corneas I still feel like potentially saving somebody's eyesight is the more important issue here. I guarantee most of these people withholding would take a donation when it really came to it.