Combine this with suicide being made legal, and I see an awesome side benefit. Currently, people who commit suicide are seen as wrong, a detriment to the system, the bodies left behind scarring people, and so forth. Imagine despairing of life and wanting to end it, and finding out you could volunteer for a euthanasia program in which all your organs would be donated to people in need. And no one would suffer the trauma of finding your body.
That's a terrible idea. Suicidal ideation isn't usually constant and most people who unsuccessfully attempt suicide decide that they don't want to die. Many express an immediate sense that they'd made a serious mistake. We don't want suicide to be an easy and socially acceptable thing to do for physically healthy people. It'd be a huge danger to the mentally ill.
Casinos should be outlawed because some people have a gambling problem that destroys their lives. Motorcycles should be outlawed because some people who drive them get in bad accidents and die and can cause other people to die. Cigarettes should be outlawed because people can develop cancer because of it. Eating meat should be outlawed because it requires taking a life. People who have more than one children should be outlawed because they are contributing to the overpopulation problem. Sex should be outlawed because some people can contract STDs from it, including AIDS. BDSM should be outlawed because there are a small contingent that don't know how to practice safely. Drinking should be outlawed because it can cause drunk driving and kill people. Pornography should be outlawed because children might watch it. Cars should be outlawed because some people are unsafe drivers. People who smoke should be considered mentally ill because they are deliberately killing themselves. People who eat fast food should be considered mentally ill because they are deliberately harming themselves. People recovering from drug addiction who choose harm reduction rather than abstinence are mentally ill and criminals. Sex education should not be taught to minors because they might engage in risky sex. Death is a scary thing so let's avoid any uncomfortable topics a close-minded society doesn't want to face. Because life is sacrosanct, without question, continuation of life is important above all else. But let's kill animals and babies and lethal injection and kill people in wars, because that's okay.
This is a theoretical and a joke besides, so no one crucify me for this, but: So like, people tend to commit suicide because they feel their life is worthless. By ensuring their organs will go to others in need, a potential suicide may suddenly find he has a purpose! He will save others! In finding a purpose, the P-S becomes non-suicidal. But, in becoming non-suicidal, he can no longer find purpose to his life by knowing he is sending his organs on to help others. Our subject returns to his pit of despondence. And, once there... ...he finds his purpose again. I know this wouldn't really happen but I was amused by it.Imagine despairing of life and wanting to end it, and finding out you could volunteer for a euthanasia program in which all your organs would be donated to people in need. And no one would suffer the trauma of finding your body.