A most muddied topic needs to be addressed

The Uncomfortable Question
You ask the question nobody wants answered. It metastasizes. Becomes inescapable. You see why it was buried—not by accident, but by design. Journalism is supposed to make people uncomfortably informed. Sources ghost you. Editors squirm. Institutions weaponize silence. Walking away means you’re complicit. The question before us demands attention precisely because powerful interests prefer it remain unasked.

The Proposal and Its Logic
A controversial proposal sits before us: retrieving organs from living MAID patients before death. The doctors behind this paper aren’t being reckless. They’re asking genuinely: if someone has consented to medical assistance in dying, shouldn’t we consider allowing their organs to save multiple lives? There’s real compassion in that logic—a desire to honor autonomy while maximizing benefit from their choice.

The Dead Donor Rule and Its Purpose
Yet the dead donor rule exists for profound reasons. It draws a clear boundary between heale…