Friday, December 2, 2005

Argentine citizens now organ donors by default

Citing the success of organ donation rates in Spain, Austria, and Belgium, Argentina's Congress passed a law making all citizens organ donors after death unless they explicitly state otherwise. President Kirchner introduced the bill a year ago, which was unanimously approved by Congress Wednesday. (XinhuaNet)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

this is fascinating . . . didn't the new york times' ethicist propose something similar in last sunday's column?

at any rate, it strikes me as an ingenious and communitarian solution to a problem that every nation faces.


dkp

Taylor Kirk said...

I also think it's an excellent idea, one that we should try here. It increases the number of available organs and still allows people to opt out. Why haven't we done that here? And members of the Supreme Court are arguing that the United States has nothing to learn from other countries. >:O