Mandatory Organ Donation
Imagine, a student at the age of twenty-one. He is still studying or got his first job. Then it happens, he gets sick. After a few doctor appointments it seems that his kidneys do not work as well as they should. His whole life chances. He has to go to the hospital three times a week, he is ill and always tired. The only thing that could give him a normal life, is a new kidney. But he is not the only one, there is a waiting list, it takes four to five years to get at the top of that list and get a new kidney (Dalen, F. 2016, September 10). The problem is, that if the kidneys do not work well and he will not get a kidney right on time, he will get haemodialysis or he will die (nierstichting, n.b.).
This is only an example, there are tons of other organ donations necessary.
In the Netherlands there is still the law that when you turn eighteen you will
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People think that with this law they will lose their freedom (Valkenerg, S. 2014, October 23). It is true that it is a very restrictive law, but apparently that is what we need. But I think this is utter baloney, because if you do not want to be an organ donor, you can always make the complaint (Ijsselmulde, S. 2016, September 13).
A second opposite argument could be; that people think that they do not have a healthy body so they cannot be an organ donor. This is not true. As well as age, illness or the use of medicine, they all are not a problem for organ transplantation (Rijksoverheid, 2016, August 1). Imagine that only the kidneys of a person are not good enough for transplantation, there still are many of other organs that are good enough. The only thing that is necessary for transplantation is that your organs during the transplantation need to have oxygenated blood. This is why you get artificial blood circulation. This only happens when you’re brain dead (Gezondheidsnet, 2016, November