All French citizens are now automatic organ donors, unless they officially opt out of the program. A new law that went into effect on Jan. 1 makes everyone an organ and tissue donor. People can opt ...

A new law passed by a slim margin in the Netherlands reflexively making anyone over the age of 18 an organ donor, compelling them to have to take specific action to opt out. Should the U.S. follow ...

AUSTIN -- Critics say while the intention behind this bill is good, it can cause big issues because it "presumes consent." A lawmaker in Austin wants to automatically register you and other Texans as ...

London: Gordon Brown has thrown his weight behind a move to allow hospitals to remove organs from dead patients without explicit consent. Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, the prime minister said that ...

Many failings are ascribed to our health-care system, but it has, progressively and systematically, prolonged the lives of many, many people. Diseases that once killed quickly and cruelly are now ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A coalition of lawmakers, medical specialists and the New York Organ Donor Network are pushing legislation that would make New York the first state to presume its citizens are willing ...

Switzerland votes Sunday on an initiative to boost the availability of transplant organs by making everyone a potential donor after death unless they have expressly objected. The legal change, which ...

Everyone in Scotland is now an automatic organ donor - unless they opt out of a new system. From Friday, it is presumed that people have consented to donation unless they have stated otherwise.

Dutch lawmakers on Tuesday took a step forward on a proposal for a “yes unless” system of organ donation, with the goal of making more organs available for transplant. If the bill becomes a law, it ...

AUSTIN (KTRK) -- Critics say while the intention behind this bill is good, it can cause big issues because it "presumes consent." A lawmaker in Austin wants to automatically register you and other ...