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A recent decision by the Nova Scotia government to automatically make almost every adult in the province an organ donor will benefit those who need a life-saving transplant. But it raises important questions about our autonomy if the government has a right to our bodies after our death.
As our previous prime minister Pierre Trudeau said in 1967, speaking then as justice minister, “[t]here is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” but now the state is presuming its right to our organs. To read more, click here.
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