Opt-out = Cop-out

"In WA, about 687,000 people are registered as organ donors. That means more than a million are not."
- Perth Now, Opt-out organ donation is vital

Australia currently is under the system where people have the decision to tick a box to become an organ donor, or leave it black if they don't.

However making the decision to tick the box or not isn't as easy as it seems. It reminds people of their own mortality, much like filling out their own will. Which is why many choose to ignore that little box.

Ignoring to tick that little box is ignoring to make the decision of whether to save a life or not.

So what happens when your sister, uncle, mother or loved one needs a new heart or lung? You sit with them while they get placed on the mile long waiting list wishing more people ticked that little box.

Automatically signing people up to be organ donors once they reach a certain age is the perfect way to increase the amount of organ donations in Australia, as people are more willing to support the donation if they don't have to think about it too much.

If a person objects so strongly as to give another person the gift of life, that is their own personal decision and they may choose to tick the box asking not to be a organ donor.

Many people and their families do not want to think about the loss of a family member and make the decision to become an organ donor, so automatically becoming an organ donor gives Australians the chance to give the gift of life.

The governments choice to consider bringing in the opt-out organ donation gets a big thumbs up from me.

Support it yourself today, you never know when your loved one may need it.