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Objection to 'No Objection' After All: New Law Yields Few Extra Organ Donations

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The change to the donor law has led to few additional organ donations. This is reported by de Volkskrant based on research by the Dutch Transplantation Foundation. Until 2021, the majority of Dutch people had not set their wishes regarding organ donation after their death. A new law came into effect in 2021, and since then, everyone who has not filled anything in states 'no objection to organ donation'. Although this means that someone in princ…

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THE HAGUE (ANP) - Minister Sophie Hermans (Public Health) wants people who have no objection to donating organs after death to discuss this with their families. In doing so, she underscores an appeal by the Transplantation Foundation in de Volkskrant. The donor law was amended in 2020. S...

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Minister Sophie Hermans (Public Health) wants people who have no objection to donating organs after death to discuss this with their families. In doing so, she underscores an appeal by the Transplantation Foundation in de Volkskrant.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The change to the donor law has led to few additional organ donations. This is reported by de Volkskrant based on research by the Dutch Transplantation Foundation. Until 2021, the majority of Dutch people had not set their wishes regarding organ donation after their death. A new law came into effect in 2021, and since then, everyone who has not filled anything in states 'no objection to organ donation'. Although this means that someone in princ…

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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For more than half of the deceased registered under the new category ‘no objection to organ donation’, the next of kin vote...

·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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More than five years after its introduction, the Donor Act has yielded only a modest number of additional organ donors. In the case of deceased persons who… Donor Act yields few additional organ donors after five years

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Volkskrant broke the news in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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