Time running out for referendum on 'opt-out' donor law
6 years, 9 months ago

Time running out for referendum on 'opt-out' donor law

Dutch News  

Attempts to force a referendum on the government’s plan to create an ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation look to be doomed after organisers admitted their petition was still 200,000 signatures short with 10 days to go. The Senate has said it will not pass a law abolishing the advisory referendum until the June 14 deadline to collect 300,000 signatures has passed. Shock blog GeenStijl is trying to orchestrate a ‘no’ vote against the proposal to make all adults in the Netherlands organ donors unless they explicitly refuse consent. Organiser Bart Nijman claimed the delayed vote in the Senate was a ‘strategic move’ to stop the petition becoming a race to ensure one last vote could be held before the referendum is scrapped.

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Revoke Article 50 petition: What are the other most popular political petitions?
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Revoke Article 50 petition: What are the other most popular political petitions?

The Independent  

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Efforts to force a referendum on new Dutch organ donor law fail
6 years, 9 months ago

Efforts to force a referendum on new Dutch organ donor law fail

Dutch News  

Attempts to force a referendum on the government’s plan to create an ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation have failed after fewer than half the necessary number of people signed up. Shock blog GeenStijl and the other organisers had until Thursday to gather the 300,000 signatures needed to force a public vote but have now given up after falling far short …

Time running out for referendum on 'opt-out' donor law
6 years, 9 months ago

Time running out for referendum on 'opt-out' donor law

Dutch News  

Attempts to force a referendum on the government’s plan to create an ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation look to be doomed after organisers admitted their petition was still 200,000 signatures short with 10 days to go. The Senate has said it will not pass a law abolishing the advisory referendum until the June 14 deadline to collect 300,000 signatures has …

Half of Dutch want referendum on new organ donor law
6 years, 11 months ago

Half of Dutch want referendum on new organ donor law

NL Times  

Just over half - 52 percent - of Dutch voters are in favor of holding a referendum on the new organ donation law, according to the weekly poll by Maurice de Hond. The new law, a D66 initiative, basically states that if you as a Dutch adult do not explicitly opt out of being an organ donor, you will be …

Jeremy Hunt says British people have a 'fatal reluctance' to discuss organ donation
7 years, 3 months ago

Jeremy Hunt says British people have a 'fatal reluctance' to discuss organ donation

The Independent  

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