GENEVA, May 15 — Switzerland votes today on an initiative to boost the availability of transplant organs by making everyone a potential donor after death unless they have expressly objected.
Last year, 166 deceased persons donated their organs in Switzerland, and a total of 484 organs from deceased donors were transplanted. According to that system, people who do not wish to become an organ donor after death must explicitly say so. A group headed by a midwife and a doctor, with support from some theologians and jurists, as well as the populist and religious right, gathered enough signatures to force the issue to a referendum.
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