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ORTIZ MILLAN, Gustavo. Organ donation and presumed consent. Objetions to its implementation in Mexico. Med. ética [online]. 2019, vol.30, n.1, pp.121-180.  Epub 21-Ago-2023. ISSN 2594-2166.

In April 2018, the Mexican Senate approved an initiative to modify the organ donation system. The intention of this initiative was to pass from an opt-in or explicit consent model, in which someone who wishes to donate an organ has to register in the donor registry, to an opt-out system, in which all adults would be presumed donors, unless they expressed their refusal. However, the initiative was stopped in the Chamber of Deputies by the adverse reaction of specialists and part of the public opinion. Here I analyze some of the reasons that were given, and I criticize them in order to defend the implementation of the opt-out system in Mexico.

Palavras-chave : organ donation; presumed consent; autonomy; distrust.