Everyone is looking for solutions. To my way of thinking, this is a practical solution and the few people I've spoken to were in favour of the idea. We now have access to technology that was not around when the tainted blood problems occurred. It would have been difficult back then to set up a national computerized registry. Today, virtually everyone has Internet access. It would be a simple matter to update the data every year. People would register voluntarily. There would be no need to have parents answer questions when someone is brought unconscious in the emergency room. I think this approach would be safer and at the same time, it would promote awareness of the need for donors.
Naturally, I am an advocate of gay rights, but I am saddened to see that people may be dying because there are no organs available, when there are people out there who want to be donors. That's just defies comprehension. While it may not resolve every single problem, a registry would increase the number of donors and help save a few lives over the course of a year and for that, it is worth the effort.