Health: Group of MPs against major changes to organ donations
How can more life-saving donor organs such as kidneys and livers be organised? Two opposing initiatives on this issue are now before Parliament - it is also about difficult ethical aspects.
A group of 58 German lawmakers from across party lines has submitted a motion to the Bundestag calling for more public education and encouragement to make organ donation decisions, opposing an opt-out system. The motion argues that an opt-out system would infringe on individuals' right to self-determination. Meanwhile, over 200 lawmakers have proposed a bill to introduce an opt-out system, where adults would be automatically considered organ donors unless they opt out.
Currently, explicit consent is required for organ donation in Germany, where 8,200 people are on waiting lists and 985 people donated organs last year.
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