New Dutch law makes every adult an organ donor.

The Dutch government has passed a new law which makes everyone in the Netherlands a potential organ donor unless they specifically opt out.

Every citizen who are aged 18 and above will register as a organ donor under the new law.

"Under the new law, every Dutch adult who has not yet registered as an organ donor will receive two letters asking them to indicate whether or not they want to become donors. If they don't respond after the second mail they will automatically be added to the list, but are free to amend their status at any time, " dw.com reports

 Other European countries like Spain, Belgium and France also have similar laws.

Spain has the same opt out law like the Netherlands and leads the world in organ donation. The country had an average of 43.4 individual donors per million people in 2016.