Presumed consent praised, panned

Lindsay Wonnacott knows waiting can be the hardest part.
The young Echo Bay woman, who, at 24, has undergone two lung transplants in the past few years, contends surgery waits could be cut and more organs available for transplant if other provinces followed Nova’s Scotia lead in making all adults potential organ donors unless they opt out.
“It’s pretty exciting,” said Wonnacott of The Human Organ and Tissue Donation Act, which moved through the committee stage Tuesday and