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applegrove

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Tue Apr 2, 2019, 08:34 PM Apr 2019

Nova Scotia to become 1st in North America with presumed consent for organ donation [View all]

Nova Scotia to become 1st in North America with presumed consent for organ donation

Province will take 12 to 18 months after bill passes to prepare for changes

Michael Gorman · CBC News · 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/presumed-automatic-consent-organ-donation-1.5081272

"SNIP....


Ryan was on hand Tuesday as Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil tabled legislation that will make the province the first jurisdiction in North America to have presumed consent for organ and tissue donation.

People will be able to opt out of donating their organs, but the onus will be on them to do so once the bill is proclaimed. The bill would not apply to people younger than 19 or those who do not have the ability to consent for themselves.

Spain, Belgium already have opt-out system

.....SNIP"

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