{"id":147204,"date":"2025-06-06T21:19:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T21:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/new-attempt-for-the-opt-out-solution-in-organ-donation-teknomers\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T21:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T21:19:31","slug":"new-attempt-for-the-opt-out-solution-in-organ-donation-teknomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/new-attempt-for-the-opt-out-solution-in-organ-donation-teknomers\/","title":{"rendered":"New attempt for the opt-out solution in organ donation. Teknomers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"seitenkopf\">\n<div class=\"seitenkopf__data columns twelve  m-ten  m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two\">\n<div class=\"seitenkopf__title\">\n<p class=\"metatextline\">Stand: 06.06.2025 20:37 Uhr<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"textabsatz columns twelve  m-ten  m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two\">\n    <strong>The Health Ministers of the states and physician representatives want every German citizen to be potentially an organ donor unless they specifically object. On Organ Donation Day, they are pushing for a new political initiative.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"textabsatz m-ten m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two columns twelve\">\n    Consent or objection? The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/gesellschaft\/organspende-antrag-bundestag-100.html\" title=\"Group in Bundestag Wants Objection Regulation for Organ Donation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous government was unable to decisively regulate organ donation<\/a> in Germany. Now the health ministers of the federal states are applying pressure. Together with the Federal Medical Association, they advocate for the so-called objection solution. Under this concept, every German citizen would be a potential organ donor unless they explicitly dissent.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"textabsatz m-ten m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two columns twelve\">\n    It is incomprehensible to them, &#8220;why we let people die on waiting lists simply because we cannot decide on the objection solution,&#8221; said the chairperson of the Health Ministers\u2019 Conference, Thuringia\u2019s Health Minister Katharina Schenk (SPD), to the \u00c4rzte Zeitung on Organ Donation Day last Saturday.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"textabsatz m-ten m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two columns twelve\">\n    Currently, Germany follows a consent solution. This means that only those who have explicitly agreed to organ removal during their lifetime can be considered donors.\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Gesetzentwurf-soll-neu-eingebracht-werden\" class=\"meldung__subhead columns twelve  m-ten  m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two liveblog--anchor\">Draft Bill to be Resubmitted<\/h2>\n<p class=\"textabsatz m-ten m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two columns twelve\">\n    Schenk is now advocating for the cross-party group application from members of the old Bundestag to be reintroduced in parliament. This approach is supported by the states. At the next Health Ministers\u2019 Conference next week in Weimar, Federal Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU) will hand over an appropriate letter from the health ministers.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"textabsatz m-ten m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two columns twelve\">\n    From the perspective of Medical Association President Klaus Reinhardt, introducing an objection solution would &#8220;send a strong signal of solidarity.&#8221; At the same time, there needs to be an expansion of living organ donation. Here, individuals can donate a kidney or parts of their liver or lung to benefit severely ill patients.\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Forderung-auch-nach-einfacherer-Lebendentnahme\" class=\"meldung__subhead columns twelve  m-ten  m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two liveblog--anchor\">Call for Simplified Living Donations<\/h2>\n<p class=\"textabsatz m-ten m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two columns twelve\">\n    Currently, the Transplantation Law specifies that living donations are only possible for &#8220;persons with a personal connection.&#8221; This is intended to prevent organ trafficking and commercialization of organ donations. However, Reinhardt pointed out that family members are not always biologically compatible. Therefore, &#8220;cross-donation&#8221; among living donors should be permitted.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"textabsatz m-ten m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two columns twelve\">\n    Affected families, where there are willing donors but no compatibility, could be allowed to exchange with other suitable donor-recipient pairs. Anonymous donations should also be made permissible.\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Deutschland-importiert-Organe\" class=\"meldung__subhead columns twelve  m-ten  m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two liveblog--anchor\">Germany Imports Organs<\/h2>\n<p class=\"textabsatz m-ten m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two columns twelve\">\n    In general, Germany urgently needs more organ donations, according to the medical association. The Marburger Bund, a physicians\u2019 organization, is also advocating for the objection solution. Germany has been an importing country for human organs for years\u2014primarily from countries where the objection solution is practiced, said Chairperson Susanne Johna. It is &#8220;time for a regulation that has proven effective in many European countries.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"textabsatz m-ten m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two columns twelve\">\n    In 2024, according to the German Foundation for Organ Transplantation, 953 people donated organs after their death. In total, including living donations, 2,854 donor organs were removed. Currently, 8,100 patients are on the waiting list, with most waiting for a kidney. Hundreds die each year because suitable transplants cannot be found.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"textabsatz m-ten m-offset-one l-eight l-offset-two columns twelve\">\n    The German Foundation for Organ Transplantation has called on the people of Germany to engage with the question, &#8220;Organ donation &#8211; yes or no?&#8221; The goal is for as many people as possible to make a self-determined decision and document it.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/category\/general\/\" rel=\"dofollow\">General News &#8211; 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stand: 06.06.2025 20:37 Uhr The Health Ministers of the states and physician representatives want every German citizen to be potentially an organ donor unless they specifically object. On Organ Donation Day, they are pushing for a new political initiative. Consent or objection? The previous government was unable to decisively regulate organ donation in Germany. 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