France Begins Opt-Out Organ Donation (theoutline.com)

Laura June, reporting for The Outline: France began to use a new opt-out system of organ donation on Jan. 1, making it one of a large number of European nations that now use a "presumed consent" system. This means that any adult who dies will now donate their organs by default, regardless of their survivors' wishes, unless they have signed a refusal registry in advance. The new law gets around what has historically been a stumbling block for organ donation: the surviving families of the deceased. A survey in France previously showed that while up to 80 percent of the population was in favor of donating their own organs, about 40 percent of families refuse when pressed to make the choice.

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AC begins opt out first post donation

[Anonymous Coward]

Click here to opt out.

How about visitors?

[johannesg]

If you die while on a visit to France, will the family receive a stripped body?

huge organ

[PopeRatzo]

You want my organ, come and get it.

https://lh3.googleusercontent....

Re:Can I at least specify ...

[Zocalo]

Whoever gets my liver also gets some fava beans and a nice chianti.

Re: NIMBY in full effect

[PolygamousRanchKid]

I know, I don't want to donate my organs

Why not, what else will you be doing with them once you are dead ?

Play with it. I was born playing with my organ, I've lived my whole life playing with it, and if death is as boring as life, I'll want to be able to play with it when I'm dead.