When you get down to the basics of organ donation, the fact of the matter is that it saves lives. So why wouldn't you want to choose to give your organs to someone in need once you die?
Not everyone sees it that way.
Cody Belote, a sophomore at St. Albans High School, understands the need for organ donation but doesn't necessarily want to be part of the process.
"I'm not completely against organ donation because I know it's the only chance some people will have to stay alive when nothing else works," he said.
"But at the same time, I don't like the idea of the people I'm close to being cut open and having all the organs that kept them alive their whole life taken out, frozen and possibly being given to someone who doesn't deserve them."
While some people may think this attitude is selfish, it is a very real reason why some people choose not to be organ donors. The fear that an undeserving person may receive their or their loved ones' organs is so strong for some that they simply cannot choose to become a donor.
Belote added, "I would never be an organ donor because I just don't like the thought of being cut open after I die and having my organs taken out. I just feel that since they kept me alive my whole life, they should only be in my body."
He also noted that no one in his immediate family is an organ donor and that he wouldn't really be comfortable with the idea if they were.
West Virginia State University freshman Brett Rose, on the other hand, supports organ donation.
"I think it is a great idea," said Rose, who is also an EMT for Kanawha and Putnam counties. "Once you're dead, you're not using your organs anymore. They could go to help other people."
"I chose to be an organ donor; it's something I had planned on doing," he said. "I don't really understand the reasoning behind not choosing to be one, but it's their decision."