# Opt-out Organ Donation **URL:** \ **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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/749981/11 "2016-03-24T10:13:17Z")
> [@Origin of planetary symbols](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-planetary-symbols/98942/12): > > Requiring people to go out of their way to hunt down an obscure pamphlet of their own accord, fill out forms, etc results in an abject waste of perfectly good organs that would otherwise be willingly donated - to the point where I consider not switching to an opt-out system little better than participating in involuntary manslaughter on a societal scale. Again - where do you live that “hunting down an obscure pamphlet” is part of the process? I’ve never lived anywhere where it wasn’t a yes-or-no question on a driver’s license form. If you live in such a place, perhaps fixing that should be your priority rather than going after the organs of those who have given no indication that they wish to donate them. > [@](#): > > I really, truly have yet to hear a rationally grounded objection to an opt-out system. The decision of what to do with one’s body after death is a deeply personal one that should be decided by that person and only that person. If they want to donate their organs, there’s nothing stopping them from making that preference known. It should not be assumed that the state has power of eminent domain over our bodies and that harvesting us for parts should be the default. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opt-out-organ-donation/749981)._