What are some arguments against donating organs?
451662
Most of the arguments against are faith based.  Many religions believe that you cannot enter eternity if you are not whole physically.  This is the only argument I could think of, other than spread of disease which most are screened for during tissue match.
224688
People might have different views about cloning. But  if  organs are cloned for people who cant find any donors ,then its right and should be encouraged.But this technology should be handled with extra care, so that it may not get misused
1179720
I think you are able to donate certain tissues or organs. You should check with your doctor. In response to the poster below me, that is not true at all. I have done numerous studies about organ donation and donors are treated just the same as nondonors. Please consider becoming an organ donor if you can. There are so many people who need organs, and people die everyday because they don't get one.
198538
Well, there is no where in the Bible that says, "Thou shalt not clone!"  I think that people are more concerned about where the stem cells are coming from than the actual cloning.  I don't think that we can actually clone a whole human being, because of the soul factor.  We are tho only thing that God made with a soul.  As for the cloning of human organs for transplant, I'm all for it if they can get the stem cells from a source other than aborted babies.  The sad thing is, abortion is a fact of life.  I hate it and feel it is murder.  BUT, now don't all yell at me and call me a hypocrite at once, IF these poor babies are going to be murdered anyway, cuz even when it was illegal people did it anyway, then why not make their lives count for something?  Wait for it...Wait...Just one more minute...Nope, I didn't get struck by lightening.  Whew, that was close.\n\nIf I were to be murdered, God forbid, I would want my organs and tissues to be transplanted to help save the life of someone else.  Should these babies be any different?
26046
There is of course some risk from the surgery itself. The living donors online web site says,\n"Because living kidney donation has been practiced for more than 40 years, research has been conducted on the long-term effects of donation on the donor. In general, these studies have shown very little negative impact."\nFor more info, see the source link below.\n\nIn a Swedish study:\n"Of 430 people who donated between 1964 and 1994, 41 died from 18 months to 31 years following donation. The causes of death included cardiovascular disease, cancer, injury or accidents, gastrointestinal disease, alcoholism, and other diseases. None died of kidney disease. The study also concluded that the survival rates of donors were higher than the general population, possibly due to the careful selection of donors based on their health (i.e., donors tend to be healthier than the general population.)"
977782
NO !!\n\nFirstly, because this essentially puts a price on human life and dignity. Life can be given, it should not be sold.\n\nSecond, because it's usually a short term decision, that can be dearly regretted if you live long enough. You will of course sell only organs you can live without, a kidney or an eye... but what if, later in life, your remaining one fails, and you don't have the money to replace it? You're in the doo doo, possibly dead if it was a kidney.
427233
organ donation is probably the best!\n\nsearch for info about it and find some stories about people and their lives and how their lives have changed because of organ donation\n\nthis is one speech you will win
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.
405497
All reasons things are bad are moral reasons.  Science doesn't have morals, it simply records what has happened and what can happen.  Whether we choose to DO those things is our choice, which we need to make accordnig to our morals.\n\nCloning is a tool.  Cloning of organs to save lives seems very good to me!  I cannot imagine any sane moral objection to cloning organs.\n\nWe've been cloning plants for centuries.  Nobody seems to object.\n\nCloning can be used for bad things.  This isn't a stunning revelation.  Cars can be used for bad things.  Screwdrivers can be used for bad things.  The knife is possibly the first human tool and it can certainly be used for bad things!  It can also be used to spread butter on toast.  Banning cloning because it could be used for bad things makes about as much sense as banning knives because people get stabbed with them.\n\nI see two really bad arguments above.  To the people who worry that clones might come out imperfect, I point out that this applies to normal birth as well.  That children might have a birth defect is not a reason to ban humans giving birth!  That clones might be imperfect is not a reason to ban cloning.\n\nTo the people who suggest having a clone devalues the original, I point out that clones occur naturally.  We call them identical twins.  Is someone less valuable if they have a twin brother?  I'm sorry, but I am deeply offended by this argument, and I'm not even a twin!
550534
I think the best thing to do depends on your age. If you are relatively young and healthy, organ donation is a wonderful way to give the gift of life to people who would otherwise have little chance for survival.\n\nIf you are not considered an appropriate organ donor (or simply don't wish to donate organs), you should contact local medical schools. They all have programs to donate your body, and your donation will help train the next generation of physicians.
791767
A person is an atheist based on an analytical view and has therefore settled any questions as to otherwise.  It is not a whim or a notion, it is based on as solid a foundation as any religion, more so actually because it is based on what we believe to be fact.  I would certainly hope that the kind lady would not ask me to change my heart on this matter.  And, in turn, even though I would agree to be the recipient for the kidney that will give her a "reward" from God, I would not ask her to change her view toward God.  Please bear this in mind:  Although it is rare, sometimes people will perform sacrifices for each other with no other motive (i.e. rewards, going to heaven, avoiding hell) than to be good human beings.  That, my dear, is a rare and true sacrifice.
438187
There is, it is illegal, and immoral, Organs safe for transplant have to go through rigorous testing and tissue typing, stolen organs taken from corpses are not tested, there were several cases of stolen organs transplanted into patients in New England recently, fortunately it seems there were no adverse effects.
566675
sell your organs\nmy neighbour sell it to buy a dozen of beer\nbut he didnt realised that kidneys that he sell is worked to get the alcohol out from his body\nhis died anyway
712134
Your body parts are invaluable to you, and to those lucky recipients who would recieve one after your death.  As you are aware, it is illegal to sell organs and illegal to purchase them.  Anyone who would pay you is already breaking the law, and at that point you become more of a liability to them to keep alive after the organ is harvested.  They also tend not to be really careful doing the surgery, inept is the word that comes to mind most often, and you of course would be the loser.  Which still makes your organs more valuable to you inside you than sold to the highest bidder.  Aside from being illegal, it's immoral practice no decent doctor would take part in.  Even if somebody did know more information, you can bet they certainly wouldn't discuss it on an answer forum such as this.  Conducting illegal business via the web is a bit risky.
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.
768226
I've become an organ donor and I think it's a worthwhile cause! I think you're doing a wonderful thing and this will save hundreds of lives! Here is a website where you can get information on becoming a donor.\nhttp://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/how_to_become_a_donor/how_to_become_a_donor.jsp\nGood luck! I hope you're successful
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.