http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12842
Welsh archbishop opposes ‘presumed consent’ policy for organ donation
January 02, 2012
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“I agree with my fellow Church leaders that our organs should be donated as a gift to others and not as a duty,” the archbishop said. “Our bodies are not an asset of the state.”
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[JR: When I first read this I said: "<Expletive Deleted>"! Then I understood. The State is not in charge of us. BUT otoh there should be a free market in organs. Ghoulish? NO! What sense is it to bury organs that will keep other people alive. When the Church Leadership gets up and points out that donations — organs, blood, or anything — is a corporal work of mercy, then I'll understand they are leading. Isn't not doing a work a sin? As a little L libertarian, I want poor people to earn from their corpse. A person should be able to leave his organs to his family to dispose of on the free market. Sounds ghoulish, but who owns our body?]
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