One change could make a difference to the availability of transplantable organs in the US: make donation upon death opt-out vs opt-in on drivers' licenses. The

One change could make a difference to the availability of transplantable organs in the US: make donation upon death opt-out vs opt-in on drivers' licenses. There are arguments on both sides of opt-out ("presumed consent"), but even the cons argue more about ethics and lawsuits -- re dead people who clearly no longer need the organs -- than that there'd be more organs available to the living who might. pro: https://sparq.stanford.edu/solutions/opt-out-policies-increase-organ-donation https://sparq.stanford.edu/solutions/opt-out-policies-increa... con: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/presumed_consent_not_answer_to_solving_organ_shortage_in_us_researchers_say http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/presumed_...