“…In 2021, a presumed consent, or opt-out, policy went into effect in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and similar legislation is anticipated in Alberta. In this issue of CJASN , Fox and colleagues performed a qualitative content analysis of public comments in response to news articles about this new policy from January 2019 to July 2020, with a goal to understand comment writers’ perceptions of these policy changes (4). Specifically, the authors were interested in elucidating the perspective of comment writers on positive and negative implications of a presumed consent policy and key considerations in policy implementation.…”