Summary
SCOTS who die in accidents will be assumed to want their organs used for transplants unless they 'opt out' while alive, under a radical change to the law to be proposed this week.
The plan, which is intended to tackle the serious shortage of organs for transplants, would reverse the current 'opt in' system where people carry donor cards.See the full content of this document
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'Opt Out' Bill to Target Dearth of Donor Organs
The proposed new law will attempt to allay public fears about 'organ stripping' by requiring the permission of the dead person's relatives before transplants can take place.
Backbench Liberal Democrat MSP John Farquhar Munro...See the full content of this document
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