Initiators who have proposed a group motion to reform organ donation submitted their legislative draft to the Parliament Secretariat on Thursday, according to the newspaper Stern. This action officially launches the legislative process, meaning the first reading can take place after the parliamentary summer recess, following a preliminary debate held at the end of June.
The draft, put forward by individual parliamentarians from across the political spectrum, including the CDU, CSU, SPD, Greens, and Linke, advocates for the introduction of what is known as the “opt-out” system. Under this proposed law, anyone who does not actively object would automatically become an organ donor. Currently, the system operates in reverse: an individual is an organ donor only if they have explicitly consented to donation or if their relatives agree to it.
Gitta Connemann, an initiator affiliated with the CDU, addressed the Stern regarding the proposal. She stated that the objection regulation does not compel anyone to donate organs. Instead, she argued, it encourages people to make a clear decision-to say yes or no, to donate or to object-and that this approach is much clearer.
