Sale of Organs ( Archived) (6)

May 24, 2011 8:37 AM CST Sale of Organs
cherrygc
cherrygccherrygcAbu Halifa, Al Ahmadi Kuwait16 Threads 1 Polls 487 Posts
I've just read in the news that organs trafficking accounts for 10% of transplants globally, it mentions that kidneys are in higher demand and people in some countries offer their kidneys and other organs for sale due to poverty.
Law in most countries prohibit the sale of organs this makes this people who are willing to sell theirs go to the black market where middlemen make up to 10 times more than the donor, this makes me wonder, why can't a person profit from his own organs? I mean, by law it's ok if the organ is taken from a dead person and transplanted to someone who needs it, with this practice the recipient of the organ recover his health, the doctors and hospitals charge handsome money for the surgery and even the funerary makes a profit when disposing the body, means everybody wins except the organ donor.
Shouldn't be ok then allow a person if he wants to sell their organs for a profit, at least in that way he could also enjoy the benefits of the transaction.


What do you think?
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May 24, 2011 8:45 AM CST Sale of Organs
maryrachelle
maryrachellemaryrachelleBathurst, New Brunswick Canada27 Threads 1,370 Posts
If we allowed people to sell their organs then no one would donate,and only the rich would get the organs they need.
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May 24, 2011 8:51 AM CST Sale of Organs
leigh2154
leigh2154leigh2154Crossville, Tennessee USA5 Threads 6,408 Posts
cherrygc: I've just read in the news that organs trafficking accounts for 10% of transplants globally, it mentions that kidneys are in higher demand and people in some countries offer their kidneys and other organs for sale due to poverty.
Law in most countries prohibit the sale of organs this makes this people who are willing to sell theirs go to the black market where middlemen make up to 10 times more than the donor, this makes me wonder, why can't a person profit from his own organs? I mean, by law it's ok if the organ is taken from a dead person and transplanted to someone who needs it, with this practice the recipient of the organ recover his health, the doctors and hospitals charge handsome money for the surgery and even the funerary makes a profit when disposing the body, means everybody wins except the organ donor.
Shouldn't be ok then allow a person if he wants to sell their organs for a profit, at least in that way he could also enjoy the benefits of the transaction.What do you think?


People have been selling blood for years....although not the same as giving up an organ, I do think selling kidneys should be legalized as supply is critical....issues like exploitation of the poor would be secondary to saving a life, especially the life of a child.......
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May 24, 2011 8:56 AM CST Sale of Organs
ScarlettLipstick
ScarlettLipstickScarlettLipstickdunno, Metro Manila Philippines8 Threads 1 Polls 738 Posts
a while ago around my town.. there were many children disappeared and a few weeks later they found their dead body.. without kidneys.. fortunately that the government caught the syndicates who played the illegal body organs trafficking business..Imagine if organs trafficking is allowed.. history will be repeated and there will be more children/people kidnapped and slaughtered for their organs..
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May 24, 2011 9:02 AM CST Sale of Organs
Might some day become unnecessary.
Maybe sooner than later!

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May 24, 2011 9:07 AM CST Sale of Organs
cherrygc
cherrygccherrygcAbu Halifa, Al Ahmadi Kuwait16 Threads 1 Polls 487 Posts
ScarlettLipstick: a while ago around my town.. there were many children disappeared and a few weeks later they found their dead body.. without kidneys.. fortunately that the government caught the syndicates who played the illegal body organs trafficking business..Imagine if organs trafficking is allowed.. history will be repeated and there will be more children/people kidnapped and slaughtered for their organs..


Allowing trafficking is not the point, what I say is that if the volunteer sale by the donor were allowed for sure the trafficking would disappear because it would be a living person selling his own organs who would get the money and not the middleman.
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