The British government will move to pass a stalled organ donation law in Northern Ireland that was halted over post-Brexit political rows.
On Monday, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris confirmed he will table an amendment to scheduled legislation set to go through Parliament that would aim to incorporate the organ law.
Political stalemate over the Brexit trading arrangements had stopped the Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022—known as “Dáithí’s Law”—from passing its final hurdle in the Assembly.
It changes the system of organ donation to an opt-out system whereby it would be considered that everyone would be willing to donate their organs unless they have formally opted out, or are exempt….