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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 03:36 PM
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100. I'll play devil's advocate, too. Say a relative needed a kidney transplant
to survive. Or a bone marrow transplant. You are the only person who can donate due to compatability issues. Donating could, would actually, endanger your life. Is he dependent upon your body for survival? Is it the right thing for you to do to donate?

Certainly an argument could be made for both of the above.

But more importantly, should the government intervene and tell you that you MUST provide your body for the welfare of your brother? And who should be the one making that decision? Tom DeLay? Pat Robertson? Jerry Falwell? Bill Frist?

...Or YOU?

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