A proposal to put everyone in Scotland on the organ donor register unless they opt out has received cross-party support from MSPs.
A petition for a "soft opt-out" procedure, where consent to donation is presumed unless the deceased indicated otherwise in life, has 18,000 signatures.
Labour has urged the Scottish Government to bring forward legislation similar to proposals going through the Welsh Assembly.
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