哥倫比亞立法規定全民皆爲器官捐贈者

To tackle an ever-growing transplant waiting list, Colombia's senate has passed a bill to make all citizens by default agree to organ donation unless they explicitly request otherwise prior to their death.

爲應對日益擴大的器官移植候補申請人名單，哥倫比亞參議院通過了一項議案，使得所有公民默許捐贈器官，除非他們在生前明確拒絕這麼做。

The Senate met last Wednesday to vote on a series of changes to the law regarding organ donation. The proposals will become law once they gain the signature of the President, Juan Manuel Santos.

參議院於上週三召開會議，就關於器官捐贈的一系列變化進行投票表決。此議案經該國總統胡安·曼努埃爾·桑托斯簽署後成爲法律。

The bill proposes that all citizens will be organ donors unless they explicitly request otherwise prior to their death. Importantly, family members will not be able to veto the donation after the death of their loved one, which is something that has frustrated doctors in the past.

該議案提議，除非本人在死亡之前明確拒絕，不然所有公民都將成爲器官捐獻者。重點是，這項新法規定，在至親去世後，家屬沒有否決器官捐贈的權利。過去這一權利讓醫生們感到沮喪。

In addition, the bill will restrict the donation of organs to foreigners who are not residents of Colombia and will increase the penalty for organ trafficking to a sentence of 3 to 6 years.

此外，新法還將限制向未居住在哥倫比亞的外國人捐贈器官，並將販賣器官的刑罰增加爲3-6年。

For the author of the initiative, Senator Rodrigo Lara said, "this is a project that will save lives and also allow many people to have a dignified quality of life. "

該項法律的起草者、議員羅德里戈·拉臘表示“這是一個挽救生命、能讓許多人活得更有質量和尊嚴的議案。”

The senator emphasized the pressing need to source more organs for donation.

這名參議員強調，現在迫切需要更多的器官捐獻。