Persuasive Essay: Everyone Should Be An Organ Donor

You're heart beats on a resting pulse at around 72 beats per minute, but unless you were in need of a heart transplant and every heart been wasnt guaranteed would you know this? What else could be more satisfying than knowing once you pass you will be able to have save a life? Everybody wants to be able to say that they will save a life but by becoming an organ donor you will be able to have this satisfaction. Organ donation is a selfless and free way to give back to others. In my opinion I believe being an organ donor should be compulsory after dying as you should "treat others how you would want to be treated". If you were in the position of needing an organ, you would be more than desperate for a donor and extremely appreciative so why would you miss out on the chance of being able to give someone else this? If organ donations were made compulsory we can not only save somebody's life but save their family, their friends and everybody else a lifetime of
grief.

Around 77 people receive organ transplants per day although unfortunately around 18 people pass away each day whilst waiting on transplants which cannot happen because of the short amount of donated organs. There is now more than 105,000 people on the waiting list for solid organ transplants. It is haunting as more than 4,000 people are added to the list every day and there is less and less organs being donated. Although these statistics are horrifying, they have a bright side as it gives hope to the people who have a possible chance of being