This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Create an 'opt-out' transplant list for potential organ donors
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We the undersigned petition the government to change the law to allow for an opt-out organ transplant list, replacing the current 'opt-in' system.
Every day, 3 people in the UK die waiting for a transplant. They die because far more people are willing to accept a transplant than to donate themselves, and to make the choice to join the Organ Donation Register.
Under an opt-out system, those who have an objection to donating will be able to say as such- allowing those who don't mind, but haven't got round to joining the organ donation register, to donate their organs.
Needless deaths can be so easily prevented.
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