e kidneys, must be removed 48-72 hours of death (Perry 38). As a result of all of this, the demand for organs is growing faster than the rate of organ donation (Nelson, Murray 30).
             The big question here is whether or not organs should be taken from the deceased without the prior written consent, or consent of the family. James Nelson, who is an ethicist at a medical center in New York says, "Every year, many people who could live productive lives with a transplant die before a replacement heart or liver; can be found. A 'presumed consent' law would help save those live at virtually no cost to the person from whom the organs are taken. Currently, when a person dies, hospital staff members are required in most states to ask next of kin if they would donate the organs. But that's a terribly difficult time to be asking such a question, and many doctors and nurses simply don't. Giving up our organs after we're dead isn't charity in my view. It's a moral duty" (Nelson, Murray 30).
             On the other hand, Thomas Murray, who is also an ethicist, but at a medical center in Cleveland believes "'Presumed consent' is exactly that: presumptuous. I agree that organ donation is a moral good-even a moral duty. But the state is not justified in compelling us to fulfill every moral duty we
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