Organ Donor
PERSUASIVE SPEECH OUTLINE
Statement of Purpose: To persuade the audience that the need for organ donors in America is an important issue. Furthermore, to convince the audience to take action and become an organ donor.
Thesis: Signing up for the Organ, Eye, and Tissue registry is an important act of service that all should take part in. This can be understood when one is presented the large need for donors, the ease and process of donating, and the amazing stories of those it has helped.
Introduction:
A. Attention Getter: 22 people die each day waiting for a transplant (DLA Donor Designation Report)
a. The “Donate Life California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry” which assists with the donation of organs, eye, and tissue …show more content…
Thesis Statement: The need for organ donors in America is an important issue. You should sign-up because the demand for transplants is very high, the ease and process of donating is convenient, and there are many amazing individual stories of success.
C. Preview Statement: First, I will discuss shortage and important need for donors in California. Then I will present the easy process of registering and how physical donations take place. Finally, I will give examples of how this system has saved beautiful and very real lives.
II. Body:
A. Donor Shortage
a. “Someone is added to the organ donation waiting list every 10 minutes and more than 123,000 people are waiting for an organ. Only around 30,000 transplants occur each year” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
b. The bridge between those who agree with organ donations and those who are actually signed up must shrink.
c. The need for organs applies to kidneys, lungs, pancreas, liver, heart and intestinal organs. The most needed being kidneys. (U.S.D.H.H.S.)
d. Luckily, thanks to science, when you become an organ donor you can save up to 8 lives and enhance up to 50 lives through tissue donations.
e. For example, with 2 lungs, 2 kidneys, a pancreas, liver, heart, and intestinal organs you can save the lives of 8 different