Esta reflexión es importante. No hay ningún caso en el cual se viole la autonomía corporal incluso esto conlleve la muerte de otra persona. Hace mucho que la sociedad llegó a la conclusión que no se puede obligar a nadie a brindar nada de su cuerpo si es que no lo desea. Sin dar explicaciones. Con una sola excepción: el aborto. Les invito a leer:
When my ex husband was tested to see if he would be able to donate a piece of his liver to our six month old son who was rapidly declining, a large part of the process was psychological. Because if they felt that he was, in any way, reluctant to go through with the medical procedure that would save our son’s life, he would be denied. He was given several opportunities to bow out of the process gracefully. If he had, they would have told me that he was not a viable match and would never have revealed that he simply didn’t want to do it. Without his liver, my son would have died. He didn’t have time to wait for a cadaveric donor. But, in this country, we don’t force people to sacrifice their physical and mental well-being in order to save someone else’s life. If no one was willing to donate, he would have passed away.
If a good Samaritan wants to donate a kidney or a piece of liver to someone, the process takes well over a month and includes a 30 day “cooling off” period in case they filled out the paperwork in a fit of passion and then had second thoughts later on. Even if the intended recipient only has two weeks to live - they will simply not take the graft. They are beyond careful about even the slightest possibility that you may not be 100 percent on board with the sacrifice you are in the position to make.
To the best of my knowledge, the only residual effects my ex husband has from having donated a fifth of his liver is a 6 inch scar. The residual effects of my having had two babies is considerably more substantial. My body never completely recovered.
I don’t care when life begins in your opinion. We don’t force people to sacrifice their mental and/or physical well-being in order to save someone else.
La penalización del aborto es una flagrante falta contra la autonomía corporal y es equivalente a obligar a alguien (bajo amenaza de ser encarcelado) a donar un órgano. Ni siquiera es necesario el debate del “origen de la vida” o de qué es una persona.
