Why do some people object to Organ Donation?

I can't see a single logical point in favour of organ donation's objectors. I mean your legally dead, never going to use those organs again and could save or extend someones life. To me you'd have to be a horrible person to object to this. Any thoughts?Why do some people object to Organ Donation?
Baed on religious beliefs. Jewish law (Halacha) has threee rulngs against organ donations;





There are three biblical prohibitions concerning a cadaver that would, at first blush, seem to indicate that organ donation should be forbidden. They are:





Nivul Hamet, a biblical prohibition that forbids the needless mutilation of a cadaver. This prohibition is the basis why autopsies are generally forbidden. But Jewish law does permit autopsies where the results of the autopsy have a real and immediate chance to save lives (Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, the former Chief Rabbi of Prague, in his Noda Beyehuda). Most all Rabbis agree that saving lives, pikuach nefesh, is more important than the prohibition of Nivul Hamet. Organ transplant saves lives.





Halanat Hamet, Deuteronomy 21:23, a biblical prohibition that forbids delaying burial of a body. All Rabbis agree that Pikuach Nefesh, saving lives, is more important than expedient burial. Organ transplant saves lives








Hana鈥檃t Hamet is a prohibition, some say biblical others say rabbinical, that forbids one from getting any benefit from a dead body, such as selling it for medical research. All Rabbis agree that Pikuach Nefesh, saving a life, is more important than this prohibition. Organ transplant saves lives





The above prohibitions afford respect and dignity to cadavers, for they once hosted life itself. In this context, it makes sense that all Rabbis agree that saving a life outweighs observing prohibitions concerning a cadaver because by saving a life one is giving utmost respect and dignity to the human body. As it is written in Jewish Law, ';Save one life and it is as if you have saved the entire world,'; Sanhedrin 4:5.








Brain-Stem Death


Rabbis who object to organ donation do not do so on the basis that a body must be buried whole. They object to organ donation because organs are usually taken from a brain-stem dead person whose heart is still beating and some Rabbis consider this person to still be alive according to Jewish law. Their objection makes sense because taking critical organs from a live person is, in effect, killing the patient. The questions is whether or not a brain-stem dead patient is alive or dead





Superstition beliefs: The evil eye; resurrrection of the dead or reincarnation; healthcare abuse; corneas do not save lives





Fear of disfurgement.Why do some people object to Organ Donation?
There are some people who object because of their beliefs, but if they dug a little deeper, they would find that their beliefs are either not based in fact or or wildly misinformed.





To Rosie C - The primary Jewish law of Pikuah Nefesh actually supports organ donation, so please don't go around spreading false information. We have enough misinformation and fear of organ donation (often, surprisingly, from within the medical profession).





';The inestimable value of human life is a cardinal principle of Jewish law. This principle includes an obligation for maintenance of our own health and for selfpreservation. This obligation, known as pikuah nefesh, also includes the duty to save the life of one's fellow human being, should he or she be in mortal danger.





This is the significance of the Commandment: ';You shall not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor'; (Lev. 19:16). Codifying this mitzvah in his Mishneh Torah, Maimonides emphasizes how broadly its obligation devolves: ';Anyone who is able to save a life, but fails to do so, violates 'You shall not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor.'';





These sources provide the halakhic basis for the decision by the Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards that ';the preservation of human life is obligatory, not optional. When needed for life-saving transplantation, withholding consent for post-mortem tissue donation must be considered forbidden.'; This decision is the conclusion of my responsum, ';The Obligation to Preserve Life and the Question of Post-Mortem Organ Donation,'; which the Committee recently adopted. Based on this responsum, the Committee has also unanimously approved a Conservative Movement Organ Donor Card, published and distributed in a joint effort with The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.';
for some people its for religious reasons or they believe you can only really be laid to rest if all of you is buried.
maybe they just don't like the idea of losing things, even after they're dead. some ppl just don't like that sort of thing.
well are you going to