New Organ Donation Law

The ecuadorian assembly, with almost unanimous votes, approved this morning the Organic Law on Donation and Transplantation of organs, tissues, and cells.

According to the 29 constitution article: Ecuadorians and foreigners’ legal residents in the country, over 18 years old, become organ donors as soon as they die, unless they have expressed during their life their contrary wish in one of the following ways:

a) Expressing their refusal to donate organs, tissues or cells of their body for later implantation in living humans or for researches.

b) Restricting in a specific way their affirmative will grant of organs, tissues, or cells.

Now the expression of will for the donation will be stated in the identity card or in an identification document.
The refusal of people to be donors cannot be used as an element of discrimination by any authority, person or media.

It will be also possible to make living donations, whenever there is biological compatibility between people.