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Unless individuals "opt out" on the NHS Organ Donor Register, the law assumes they are consenting to organ donation, although ultimately families still have the final say.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025

“There’s been situations in the past where we really do monitor them, we cut them off, we make sure people are consenting — and these are the things you don’t see,” Rajabi continued.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Their parents are consenting to the surgery often based on not clear understanding, but very much with the best interest of children at heart.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2023

“Ideally people are consenting, and there’s no deception.”

From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2022

"And yet you are consenting to your friend's earning a living by teaching a ragged school."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various