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New bill aims to make Israelis organ donors by default
'The bill will not only expand the organ supply but achieve a conceptual change in Israeli society,' Meretz chief Zahava Gal-On says.
New bill aims to make Israelis organ donors by default - National Israel News | Haaretz
MKs have submitted a bill that would make organ donation the default choice for Israelis after death - anyone who did not sign a refusal form would be considered automatically agreeing to donate organs for transplant.
The bill was submitted this week by one left-leaning and one centrist MK - Meretz chairwoman Zahava Gal-On and Kadima's Israel Hasson.
The committee promoting organ donation in Israel, headed by Prof. Dina Ben Yehuda and appointed by Health Minister Yael German, is expected to submit its recommendations in about a month. The committee's recommendations will serve as a basis for a government bill, but Gal-On and Hasson decided to submit their own proposal.
"The bill will not only expand the organ supply but achieve a conceptual change in Israeli society," Gal-On told Haaretz. "The change of default choice is based on the principle of mutual responsibility. Consent to donate organs is a kind of mutual insurance for anyone who won't expressly refuse to donate. This insurance will also mean that people not refusing to donate their organs will be preferred in the organ queue."
'The bill will not only expand the organ supply but achieve a conceptual change in Israeli society,' Meretz chief Zahava Gal-On says.
New bill aims to make Israelis organ donors by default - National Israel News | Haaretz
MKs have submitted a bill that would make organ donation the default choice for Israelis after death - anyone who did not sign a refusal form would be considered automatically agreeing to donate organs for transplant.
The bill was submitted this week by one left-leaning and one centrist MK - Meretz chairwoman Zahava Gal-On and Kadima's Israel Hasson.
The committee promoting organ donation in Israel, headed by Prof. Dina Ben Yehuda and appointed by Health Minister Yael German, is expected to submit its recommendations in about a month. The committee's recommendations will serve as a basis for a government bill, but Gal-On and Hasson decided to submit their own proposal.
"The bill will not only expand the organ supply but achieve a conceptual change in Israeli society," Gal-On told Haaretz. "The change of default choice is based on the principle of mutual responsibility. Consent to donate organs is a kind of mutual insurance for anyone who won't expressly refuse to donate. This insurance will also mean that people not refusing to donate their organs will be preferred in the organ queue."
