Factors of Organ Donation Organ donation is a topic that isn’t quite as commonly discussed as several of the other controversies in today’s society, but nevertheless still remains relevant and important to it. Organ donations can determine the well-being of many, and is a major decision for anyone to consider in their lives. Each year many suffer from the lack of organs vital to their health, ranging anywhere from lacking a single kidney to needing an entirely new heart. The main solution that was proposed to this issue was that people can be a licensed organ donor, this means that they, upon death, have given permission to have their organs surgically removed so that someone who is living may have them instead. This idea, however, has sparked many debates upon whether or not organ donation should continue as it is or have more policies centered around it to regulate the decisions being made by everyday people on whether or not to be organ donors. This paper’s goal is to explain organ donation in depth while briefly summarising important background information, as well as delving deep into the factors of organ donation via the use of research and statistics to gain as much information as possible. Organ donation can be difficult, as it is not only the donor who chooses to give upon their death, but the donor’s family as well. Once they pass away they will have chosen to have several of their organ removed and used for transplantation into another person’s body so that