YOUCAT Catechism + Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 391
Ave Maria series
Is organ donation important?
Donating organs can lengthen life or improve the quality of life, and therefore it is a genuine service to one’s neighbor, provided no one is forced to do it. [2296]
What Can Be Donated
The list of organs and tissues that can be successfully transplanted continues to grow. So does your ability to save and enhance lives as a donor. What can be donated?
[2296]
Respect for the person and scientific research
2296 Organ transplants are in conformity with the moral law if the physical and psychological dangers and risks to the donor are proportionate to the good sought for the recipient. Organ donation after death is a noble and meritorious act and is to be encouraged as an expression of generous solidarity. It is not morally acceptable if the donor or his proxy has not given explicit consent. Moreover, it is not morally admissible to bring about the disabling mutilation or death of a human being, even in order to delay the death of other persons. –Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition
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