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Your child will die if they don't get a kidney transplant in 24 hours. There is a matching organ from a deceased patient with no family, but they signed a document refusing to be a donor. Only you have access to that file.

ADestroy the file

You forge the consent and save your child. You violate a dead person's final wish and commit medical fraud.

BRespect the signature

You leave the organ. Your child dies while waiting, but you preserve professional ethics and the deceased's wishes.

Sealed 2026-08-18

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Destroy the file384 votesRespect the signature

53% chose “Respect the signature”.

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  • Spain1 votes

What each choice meant

A · Destroy the file

You forged the consent. Your child lives.

The Blood Protector — Your family's life comes before any signature or law.

B · Respect the signature

You respected the paper. Your child died waiting.

The Ethical Doctor — You respect the rules and rights of others, no matter your personal pain.