Religious Views Concerning Organ and Tissue Donation Organ and
tissue donation often raises many issues both medical and
ethical. It is common for people to turn to their practicing
religion to decided weather or not to become an organ and tissue
donor. Studies have shown that most major religious groups
support organ and tissue donation and transplantation so long as
it do not endanger the health or hasten the death of the donor.
It is said that less than 10 percent of people when faced with
the decision of organ and tissue donation know off hand how
their practicing religion feels about the issue. Often religions
can be grouped into two categories that have similar beliefs on
the subject of organ and tissue donation. These categories are
“connectional” and “free church”. Connectional religions are
generally the ones that have issued a formal statement on their
position while the free church religions generally hold the
belief that the decision is completely up to the individual and
that no one group can mak