Can people who are executed be organ donors?
85924
It would depend on how they are executed.\nMany states use lethan injecttion in which chemicals are injected into the person.  These chemicals, I believe, make the organs useless for transplant.  Electricution probably isnt too good either for the organs.\nHowever being shot would leave many of the vital organs instact (not the heart), in theory [they could miss].  There is only one [maybe two?] states that still use a firing sqaud however.
323753
In no country. It is illegal based on international law. Your only alternative is to register on the kidney list and wait for a suitable donor.\n\nSorry.
537021
How about all of this 'organ stealing' stuff, and cadavar theft?\nThere are too many 'good' reasons not to do it..I just think they should pay you, in advance, for the organ you will donate when you pass on. Seems logical and a good way to keep the organs coming...then again, if you paid someone for a liver and they became an alcoholic....
1109736
Most organ donors are dead.
259669
I opted to have legal paperwork drawn up in order to have my\nbody donated for complete organ/tissue harvesting. In accordance to the Catholic Church, as long as the remains \nare handled with respect, it is permissable to do such, even\nto be disposed in a biohazard bag and incinerated at the end. (not to be observed in any form of religious service)\nWhy be buried in a forest? \nIn thinking what would be the most generous thing that I could do at the end of my life...total body donation was the\nonly logical choice as opposed to just selecting certain organs only to be removed. My soul will be long gone-It makes me happy to think that this body of mine will be put\nto such a sacred use for so many people.
506125
It is up to the parents and loved ones to determine the fate of a newborn relative to an organ donation. But wouldn't it be a wonderful world if during this time of grief people were able to accept the fate of their child and then be able to be compassionate to others with critically ill children, who will share their same fate, by donating an organ or organs to save a life. In the short life span of the newborn it will have come into this world and saved anothers life. What a noble and unselfish life to have led. I have 3 children, all healthy, Thank God, whom if any were to die I would hope I would help another suffering parent with the gift of life. In times of utter dispair I always ask myself what would Jesus ask me to due and then try to do it.
508117
Does not seem fair to me either.  I'm a strong believer that if you choose to harm your body, you should give up your chance to receive a donor organ.
964650
I find nothing in the Bible that would prevent you from being an organ donor, and if your family agrees with your decision, then I would encourage you to do so.\n\nIn fact, doing this could be an important way to help someone facing a serious medical condition. Although you would never meet that person in this life, think of what your donation could mean to them. At least it could give that person a better quality of life—and in some instances could even mean the difference between life and death. The Bible says, "Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people" (Galatians 6:10).\n\nYour question, however, touches on another issue that concerns me greatly—and that is the number of people who are killed or seriously injured in traffic accidents. One reason you were asked to indicate on your driver's license if you were willing to be an organ donor is because tens of thousands of people die on our roads every year—and you could be one of them. Ask God, therefore, to make you a better driver. This is just as much a God-given responsibility as any other.\n\nAbove all, remember that organ transplants may delay death for a time—but Christ offers us "an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you" (1 Peter 1:4). Is your faith and hope in Him? \n  The Bible does not give specific directions for the disposal of the body following death. Bible-era practices are described in Unger's Bible Dictionary as follows: "Interment in Bible times followed soon after death, as is evident in the narratives of the burial of Sarah (Genesis 23:1-20), Rachel (Genesis 35:19-20), and Rebekah's nurse (Genesis 35:8). The Hebrews did not normally cremate, except in most unusual cases of emergency, as in the case of Saul and his sons (1 Samuel 31:11-13). Later Babylonians burned their dead and deposited their ashes in ornate funerary urns, as did Greeks and Romans. Hebrews in later time, indicated by the numerous ossuaries found in New Testament Palestine, also practiced cremation." \n\nChristians will want to show respect for the body. Even though the essential person or spirit has moved on to an eternal destiny, the body is the tangible reminder of all that person meant to us. In addition, the body is destined for resurrection, transformation, and reunion with the spirit at Christ's return. Whether burial or cremation best expresses that appropriate respect is a very personal decision. The wishes of other close family members and friends should also be considered in any decision because they are the ones who will live with the decision and with the memories.\n\nAt the resurrection it will not make any difference whether a person's body has been buried or cremated. God knows how to raise the body, either in the resurrection of life or the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:28-29). The new body of a Christian will be a radically changed and glorified body like the body of the exalted Christ. It will be an eternal, spiritual body never again to experience weakness, disease, suffering, or death (1 Corinthians 15:35-54 and Philippians 3:20-21).
1020019
Working in the health care field I personally have mixed emotions. On a religious level it's just not natural to do.  However, if it were my children that needed a heart, kidney, etc. I'm certain I would consider medical professionals cloning them as a method of an exact match for replacement organs.
823213
no, china is still exectuting people, and lots of Europeans are travelling there to buy organs.  Because the orgens cost so much money, and there is a big demand for them, there is no way of knowing if the chinese are executing people too early (ie if their trial has finished)or if they will execute someone just for the money.  Its a sick situation.
316816
There already is a market for body parts and the usual "organ grinders" unfortinatly few enforcement agentcys moniter these activities as many "Organ Procurement Agentcies" travel overseas and purchase parts from third world countries for low prices (approx $250.00usd for a kidney) and then resell them for prices in the thousands. It is a highly illegal and lucrative trade.\n\nTo legalize this is not a great idea as it would turn into a pricing war and with the illegal market already obtaining organs at low prices overseas the money to be made for people selling would be minimum at best.
80404
There is a problem with organ donations: the donated organ has a different genetic structure to the recipient's. As a result the recipient's immune system will attack it as an infection if it relaises it is there. People who receive organ donations are given drugs that supress their immune system to prevent the body from realising that there is a foreign organ in them and attacking it.\n\nUnfortunately the same ability to recognise foreign tissue is used by the immune system to recognise and destroy cancerous growths. Because cancer results from mutations and has a different genetic structure to normal cells it is also often recognised as 'foreign' by the body, and destoryed.\n\nSince organ recipients are on drugs that prevent the body from recognising and destroying foreign material they are also prevented form atatcking and destroying cancers. As a result orgasn recipients develop more cancers and they tend to grow faster than in other people.
564634
there's dozens of anonymous deaths in colombia that after the autopsies are dispatched (at the will of the pathologist) to whichever university needs them. the law protects this (as it does the donation of organs from unclaimed corpses) here.\n\nUnlike other places we're strongly catholic so nobody will donate themselves to science. we do get plenty more than most anywhere else in the world...i guess it's an unfortunately lucky balance.
824032
The person who gives consent to becoming a live organ donor must be:\n\n    *      competent (possessing decision making capacity)\n    *      willing to donate\n    *      free from coercion\n    *      medically and psychosocially suitable\n    *      fully informed of the risks and benefits as a donor and\n    *      fully informed of the risks, benefits, and alternative treatment available to the recipient.
861924
Of course NOT. Some answerers above answered "we can do whatever we want to ourselves" but that's WRONG. You can take drug if you want? No you cannot. There is such a thing called SOCIETAL IMPACT. In economics we call it Negative Externality. Some answerers above gave a good answer by saying that allowing people to sell their organ will lead to more crime, whether it's people "robbing" someone's organ, or corporate crime whereby companies exert their influence to manipulate the organ transplant process to maximize their monetary profits.\n\nI hope stem cell research can take off soon -- THAT is the hope in the medical community.
375523
Right. I mean, if we can grow organs in a lab than maybe not as many people will die while they are on organ transplant waiting lists. Of course with every step for man kind comes an inherent evil as well. We could start growing humans and using them as slaves... that would be wrong, but growing organs to save lives... THAT'S A MIRACLE! Embrace it.
393154
Not enough, in my opinion.\n\n"More than 1,000 Arizona residents are on transplant lists and just 41 thousand people are registered as organ donors."\n\nhttp://www.kpho.com/global/story.asp?s=3920853&ClientType=Printable\n\n"Each day about 63 people receive an organ transplant, but another 16 people on the waiting list die because not enough organs are available. Make a difference in a person's life."\n\nhttp://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/MCHQ/Health_Facility_Regulation/Organ_Donors/\n\n"In the United States, the waiting list is quoted to be about 90,000 people long. It is not uncommon for those on the waiting list to die before receiving a suitable organ."\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_donor\n\nBut, sorry, I could not find a source which would tell me a percentage of Americans who are donors.