# Opt-out Organ Donation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/749981>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 23, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/749981 "2016-03-23T21:45:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/749981/81 "2016-04-04T23:25:57Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> I’m quite certain my heirs don’t need to be bribed to give away my organs. What on earth would they do with them?

The bribe isn’t for them, its for you.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/749981/82 "2016-04-05T03:08:22Z")

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So, I am bribed by paying them after I die?

I suppose that might matter in some cases. I’m pretty sure I won’t be using my kidneys after I’m dead, and my relatives already know I am favor of organ donations. Alas, older organs aren’t that valuable, even to the desperate, so I will probably age out of eligibility to donate.

And that’s why we are likely to continue to have shortages. Most useful donated organs come from young adults killed in auto accidents. And thankfully, there aren’t a lot of those. Most of the things that kill us (including old age) also damage our organs.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/749981/83 "2016-04-05T14:56:54Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> In every state I’ve lived in they ask the same question of people getting an official state ID card, which is pretty much identical to a driver’s license (the _de facto_ identity card in the US) except for now granting driving privileges.
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> And really, that is a decent solution - instead of requiring a separate donor card simply make it part of the official ID used for any other official business.

This has been my experience as well. When you renew your license, they simply ask if you want to or want to continue being an organ donor. If yes, it’s printed on the ID, no sticker.

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