This change in the law on organ donation will save hundreds of lives | Cole Moreton

Max and Keira’s Law, which will presume consent to donate, will give 700 people a year reason to be grateful

Lives will be saved. Hundreds of them, every year. That’s the first and most important thing to say about the organ donation (deemed consent) bill, which is expected to clear parliament today and become English law in 2020.

You may already know it as Max and Keira’s Law, after the young boy and girl whose story inspired politicians of all parties to get behind a change that will take us from having to opt in as an organ donor to having to opt out. The government expects that as many as 700 lives a year may be saved – as Max Johnson’s was.

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