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NETHERLANDS: New law makes everyone an organ donor

Deutsche Welle | February 15, 2018 

Under the new law, every Dutch adult who has not yet registered as an organ donor will receive two letters asking them to indicate whether or not they want to become donors. If they don’t respond after the second mail they will automatically be added to the list, but are free to amend their status at any time.

The bill was already approved by the Netherlands’ upper House of Representatives in September 2016, albeit by a narrow vote of 75 to 74. Critics of the bill complained that it put too much authority in the hands of the government over what happens to a citizen after their death.

The drafter of the legislation, D66 MP Pia Dijkstra, said she made a number of changes in a bid to ease its passage through the lower house. As part of the changes, authorities must consult with the deceased’s relatives. The family will also have the final say over whether the procedure goes ahead, according to Dijkstra.

“Hopefully that number will decline under the new system,” it said.

In Spain, which is widely viewed as a world leader in organ donations, there were an average of 43.4 individual donors per million people in 2016, markedly more than that year’s EU average (19.6) and US average (26.6).

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Children who undergo a heart transplant early in life have good chances of living a long life with few restrictions. In young children, the donor organ grows along with the child.

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