Rejected petition Automatic Organ Donor Scheme

More details

This petition aims to make the people of Britain automatic organ donors and those who wish to opt out of donating organs after they have passed away may do so at any point. This will save the lives of thousands of patients who are currently on the transplant waiting list which is approximately 8,000 people. Many people may wish to be an organ donor however have never told their loved ones or signed up for a donor card. In implementing this scheme many more families and friends will be able to enjoy the presence of their loved ones for longer. If this petition is successful I would like the government to automatically make people organ donors with the option of opting out at any point in their lives.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 5 August 2011
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.