UK couples trade kidneys and raise awareness about organ donation

Until last year, people in the UK needing organ donations could only receive a live donation -- or a donation from a still-living donor -- from a member of their family. Recently though, rules have changed and now anyone who wished to donate an organ can do so for a compatible patient.

Two couples have draw attention to the the new rule in the past week, as a man from England donated a kidney to a man in Scotland, and the Scottish man's wife donated one of her kidneys to the English man's wife. A first in the UK, the organ swap not only improves the lives of the patients, but will hopefully also draw attention to the change in donation rules in that country.

I think it's pretty selfless to donate an organ, especially to a stranger. Would you ever consider donating and organ to someone you'd never met?