Dear Sir/Madam,

I’m concerned about the proposals to presume the consent of a deceased person and their relatives to donate their organs on death.

While I understand that there is currently a shortage of donated organs I don’t believe it is ethical to presume consent.

I myself carry a donor card and my relatives are aware of my views on this, but I also need to be comfortable that their wishes will also be respected on the event of my death.

I understand that the present legislation does not allow for relatives to object. It should.

So there are two problems for me with this legislation –

a) Consent should not be presumed.

b) Relatives should be able to object.

Yours sincerely

Judith Summerfield

Concerned individual