Washington Post:
Justin Wilson’s younger brother has been sharing his grief on social media. Stefan Wilson is also an IndyCar driver, and he is in deep mourning for the loss of his “best friend … role model and mentor,” who died Monday after being injured during a race on Sunday.
On Tuesday, Stefan Wilson, 25, followed that up with the news that, indeed, a half-dozen needy recipients had benefited from his brother’s organs.
This tragic story is made a little less painful in the knowledge that Wilson had signed his Organ Donar Card. Unless you have specific moral or religious objections, I believe everyone should. There are too many needy people out there not to do it.
I tried several times to do the full Organ Donor thing in BC. But every time it reached a point where I could just no longer continue; usually when it asked if I was okay with my eyes being used.
Anyway, I finally got through it by just clicking Yes to everything.
And I thought it was hard to describe what I wanted in my coffee some mornings…
Absolutely, if something stops anybody from doing the right thing, it should not even be called “moral” (and don’t get me started on that being incomplete for the rapture crap…).
Given the generally low level of acceptance, this is one of the very few things where I would fully support an opt-out legislation over an opt-in.
except if you know your organs will only kill the poor recipient faster…