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The dutch back automatic organ donation

by XxDeMoNxX | October 1, 2008 at 12:56 pm

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Some 75% of the population support a system in which everyone is automatically an organ donor unless they actively register their objection, according to a survey by TNS Nipo, reports Saturday’s Volkskrant.

The cabinet dismissed this option in the summer.

A donor registration system under which people give permission for their organs to be used for transplant after their death has been in operation in the Netherlands for 10 years.

However the waiting time for a transplant has risen in the intervening period from 2.5 to over four years, says the paper.

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jessica.lam

at 13:40 on October 1st, 2008

I think organ donation should be more widely publicized. In my experience in Vancouver, you need to go out of your way to ensure that you are an organ donor. I definitely don't agree with being an automatic donor. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Amy Judd

at 13:50 on October 1st, 2008

I actually quite like this idea - that way more people will be organ donors as most of them cannot be bothered to de-register themselves. Being an organ donor is important in my opinion.

altrugon

at 14:06 on October 1st, 2008

Being an organ donor is a good thing, being obligated to be an organ donor is way different. This is taking away from you the right to your own body.

Terri Potratz

at 14:32 on October 1st, 2008

I think organ donation should be automatic as well, unless you remove yourself from this system. It doesn't mean you don't have control over your body, it just means that unless you say otherwise, your organs are up for grabs by default. This would save more lives - a lot of people don't register to be an organ donor because they just don't think of it, not because they don't want to.

XxDeMoNxX, do you have the source of this information? Where did you get your stats from?