Hey y’all, welcome back to another bonus edition of Unfit to Print.
Sorry to present you with another cultural rambling, but this story really has me heated.
ANOTHER REASON NOT TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR
The New York Times published an exposé this summer confirming the fears of every organ donor skeptic: unresponsive patients who had a viable chance at recovery were prematurely declared dead so their precious organs could be snatched for waiting recipients.
“In New Mexico, a woman was subjected to days of preparation for donation, even after her family said that she seemed to be regaining consciousness, which she eventually did,” the Times recounted. “In Florida, a man cried and bit on his breathing tube but was still withdrawn from life support. In West Virginia, doctors were appalled when coordinators asked a paralyzed man coming off sedatives in an operating room for consent to remove his organs.”
Now allow me to turn your attention to another reason to check “No” on the organ donation screen the next time you renew your driver’s license at the DMV.