According to Mone, 75% of people who could donate organs, did so last year.
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In fact, many aspects where people donate organs there's concern about excessive reimbursement for that, as well.
If a majority support it, then by 2015 the way we donate organs in Wales will have changed.
In Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom, where citizens had to make an active choice to donate organs, only 4% to 17% consented to do so.
The government is currently considering whether to relax the rules and extend the principle of altruistic donation, allowing people to donate organs to strangers in need.
But unless the people face the issue and think about it seriously, I do not think the time will come soon to see more people volunteering to donate organs.
The British Medical Association has been campaigning for presumed consent - where all people are assumed to be willing to donate organs unless they opt out - since 1999.
In Japan, the law prevents children from donating organs, but there is also an overall reluctance to donate organs that is rooted in Shinto and Buddhist attitudes towards death.
He adds that the country faces a severe shortage of organ donors, partly because many people do not want to donate organs due to the cultural belief of that they should be buried whole.
Mone says he worked with Steve Jobs on a piece of legislation in Calif. that will take effect this autumn, which will set up a registry for people who want to donate organs, mostly kidneys, while they are still alive.
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Anyone who wants to donate their organs to others who have agreed to donate theirs can join LifeSharers.
And his father said Small's decision to donate his organs was just indicative of his son's character for his whole life.
The opt in system will be retained, so that people can give a clear indication of their wish to donate their organs.
At the moment in Jersey you have to register your name on a local donor scheme if you are happy to donate your organs after death.
"It came to me in that moment then to ask them whether we could donate Imogen's organs and I think they were a bit taken aback, " she said.
The father of the Toms River, New Jersey, boy -- who died earlier this week after being shot by his young playmate -- said he and his wife decided to donate Brandon's organs, in hopes some good will come of their tragedy.
But patients can take the initiative to find a family with a terminally ill loved one and have them consent to donate that person's organs after he or she has died -- an option the Flood sisters are exploring for Pearce.
As the overwhelming majority of people in most countries say they would donate a family member's organs if they were faced with the choice, I would expect donation rates to soar.
And the actual number of transplants in the UK is up by 30% - the difference between the increase in donors and transplants is partly down to organs from some who wish to donate being unsuitable because of factors such as age and obesity.
"When people die, donation of their organs and tissues is often possible but currently does not happen - not because they did not wish to donate but because they never got round to joining the organ donor register, " she said.
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