The connection between organ transplation and euthanasia

I follow the work of  Alex Shadenberg who fights against euthanasia. This is an article that points out another danger of euthanasia and that is coercion of the practice to harvest healthy organs for  transplantation. Currently in the US if someone dies of cancer, their organs are not used even if they signed the consent form. But of course is someone is otherwise healthy and they either consent or are euthanized  ( a nice long word for killed) their organs are considered "high quality."

"How much pressure to convince people to die by euthanasia will be on people. First there is pressure based on the cost of medical care. Then there is pressure from family members who are tired of caring for the person. Then there is pressure on a person because society has made them feel like a burden. Now there is pressure because good will come from euthanasia if they donate their healthy organs.

The reason the organs are healthy is that the person is often not yet dying, but of course euthanasia takes care of that problem."

But of course they separate the euthanasia and transplantation to "wash their hands" of the subtle evil.

Euthanasia for organ transplant is a bit different from normal euthanasia, the doctors say, because they prefer that patients die in hospital rather than at home.

They have developed a protocol for the procedure. 
- There has to be a strict separation between the euthanasia request, the euthanasia procedure, and the organ procurement. 
- The donor and his (or her) relatives have to consent. 
- The euthanasia is performed by a neurologist or psychiatrist and two house physicians. 
- Organ retrieval begins after clinical diagnosis of death by the three physicians. 
- And, of course, staff participation is voluntary.

 It sounds very similar to the Groningen Protocol, the Protocol that allows Dutch physicians to euthanize newborns with disabilities.