Organ donation persuasive speech

Organ donation persuasive speech
Introduction
Whether we are women or men, poor or rich, we all have the same body features. This means that all of us here have one heart, two lungs and two kidneys. Can you image if you had to wait for something that you are in dire need of? Can you imagine if what you needed meant life or death? My younger brother was just five years when he needed a kidney replacement. He had to wait for more than five months to receive a call that there was a kidney available just to realize that it was not a perfect match. However, after another ten months he managed to get the right match. Today, I would wish to tell you about the significance of donating organs and why you need to be an organ donor, with ways that the recipients benefit.
Numerous people around us and across the globe need organ transplants (Torr 116). The only challenge is that there are few people who donate organs and doctors who can perform organ transplantation. Approximately seventy-five people get organ transplants daily. Unfortunately, twenty people die every day as they wait for transplants because of lack of adequate organ donors. This because the percentage of people who are registered as donors are a mere five percent (Sque, Margaret and Sheila 213). This reflects to approximately 110,000 donors in the US. All of you have the right and freedom to donate the organs that you wish. Donation of organs is quite significant. The problem of organ transplant is not only a local problem in the US, but also a problem that other people experience worldwide. In the year 2010, there were more than 110 people who were waiting for organ donors. Unfortunately, during this year, the numbers of registered donors were a mere 13, 125.
My emphasis is for you to recognize the need to donate your organs to other people who are more or less like you. I believe that quite a number of you had accepted to donate your organs to those who need the organs desperately. However, I know you may be asking yourselves how you would donate your organs after your death. I am going to explain that to you in a short while.
This is how it will happen because you have to discuss with your family about the decision first (Healey 35). Your family will be responsible for the arrangements of your donation after your death. If you are not sure about your wishes for donating your organs, they may never be done. You should ensure that you register ate DMV. This will make you have the license, and you will get a pink mark to signify that you are a donor. All this information is available at the website, which is www.donatelifecalifornia.org. You must first ensure that you have made your decision before register as donors.
The next thing that we are going to look at is what will be the course after you have decided to choose the option of donating your organs and if you choose to reject it. You must understand that donating organs is beneficial to both the recipients and the family members of the recipient (Egendorf 67). I would also wish to narrate to you a tale of a boy called Michael. If you decide to donate your organs, your relatives will also benefit in the same way like Michael’s family did. My friend, Michael had died of a car accident. Michael’s father decided to donate his son’s organs for the needy in the society. The father donated the son’s kidney to a fisherman and the heart to a soldier. This means that the boy had saved the lives of two people who were in dire need of organ transplants. Consequently, the father felt comfortable and satisfied that his son had touched other people’s lives in the community. Procrastination is your biggest impediment in this situation (Childress, James and Catharyn 89). The only trouble occurs when you think of donating your organs, and you fail to do so. In this case, no one will be aware of your wanted to do so before you die. This means that other people will lack the donors.
Conclusion
You can clearly see that your decision to donate your organs after your death is vital and you will save the lives of many people who need organs out there. Today, I have enlightened you about your decision and your family’s benefit from your decision. First, you must make family discussions. Then you must register at DMV to obtain the license of donating your organs. I am also a donor, and I am encouraging you to take a consideration in donating your organs. This is because your decision can save approximately eight lives and improve several other lives in the process.

Works Cited
Childress, James F, and Catharyn T. Liverman. Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action.
Washington, D.C: National Academies Press, 2006. Internet resource.
Egendorf, Laura K. Organ Donation: Opposing Viewpoints. Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press,
2009. Print.
Healey, Justin. Organ and Tissue Donation. Thirroul, N.S.W: Spinney Press, 2011. Internet
resource.
Sque, Margaret R. G, and Sheila Payne. Organ and Tissue Donation: An Evidence Base for
Practice. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2007. Internet resource.
Torr, James D. Organ Transplants. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Print.

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