Legalized Organ Sales

Every day some dies after waiting years on a transplant list. The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 says that in the United States, the sale of organs is illegal. Some believe this act may be preventing thousands of people from getting the organs that will save their lives. The truth is every day someone dies and their organs could be used to help others and everyday a life of one and the livelihood of another could be saved. The reasons for allowing the sale of organs is very simple to understand. It can help others financially, save money on medical expenses and most importantly, save lives. Critiques believe this would be a mistake causing spur of the moment decisions, and illegal obtain these organs for sale. With the use of regulation, these doubts can be laid to rest. Before the problem can be solved, the problem has to be identified.

There are a lot of people in this world that are going through organ failure. The National Kidney Foundation even found, “Every fourteen minutes someone is added to the kidney transplant list”. Statistically speaking, that is a great deal of people in need of a vital organ. The author Joanna MacKay talks about the need for organ donations in her article “Organ Sales Will Save Lives”. MacKay disputes her case briefly when stating her thesis in the first paragraph. She gives the audience her opinion on how the selling of organs should be built to become legal. Throughout the text she touches on the black market selling of kidneys. She also incorporates how other third world countries have allowed this practice of organ sales. The article includes her insight on what would happen if organ sales would be legalized and how it would be regulated.

It was only a matter of time before a businessman in Virginia saw a way to profit from the success of transplantation. In 1983 H. Barry Jacobs announced the opening of a new exchange through which competent adults could buy and sell organs. His failing was in his decision to use needy immigrants as the source of the organs (Pence 36). As a result Congress, passed the National Organ Transplant Act (Public Law 98-507) in 1984, which prohibited the sale of human organs and violators would be subjected to fines and imprisonment (“Donation Details”).

Anthony Gregory writes in “Why Legalizing Organ Sales Would Help Save Lives, End Violence.” Gregory argues in the article that organ sale should be legalized in the United States. Gregory discusses the different range of arguments that people have that are opposed to the legalization of organ sale. He explains that organ sale is creating unnecessary suffering for needy patients and “violence.” The problem with Gregory’s article is that he uses direct quotations and extreme accusations that have no valid sources or are credited within the article. Gregory seems to be more focused on other’s arguments opposed to legalizing organ sale, rather than focusing on why he believes organ sale should be legalized. Gregory’s has many inflammatory statements and claims with no credible sources, along with his no background experience in health hazards of organ sale or the legalization aspect, and has complete disorganization throughout the entire article are all flaws which make his argument invalid.

The demand for organ donors far exceeds the supply of available organs. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) … there are more than 77,000 people in the U.S. who are waiting to receive an organ (Organ Selling 1). The article goes on to say that the majority of those on the national organ transplant waiting list are in need of kidneys, an overwhelming 50,000 people. Although financial gain in the U.S and in most countries is illegal, by legalizing and structuring a scale for organ donor monetary payment, the shortage of available donors could be reduced. Legalizing this controversial issue will help with the projected forecast for a decrease in the number of people on the waiting list, the ethical concerns around benefitting from organ donation, and to include compensation for the organ donor.

Selling organs on the black market by offering individuals the right to buy organs at a price between five thousand and up will cause a greater demand on the black market. Causing criminals to sell an

In this scenario, the good of saving lives out-weighs the bad of the selling of organs.

Selling organs is a rising problem in the healthcare community, government and morality. Organ sales has become the topic of discussion for numerous reasons. Some of which being lowering the wait time on the organ transplant waitlist and taking advantage of the financially disadvantaged. This issue affects many people on many different levels, some people morally or legally but mostly importantly medically. What this basically comes down to is: “Who are we to judge what people do with their bodies?”. The answer to this question lays in many different sources. The simplified answer is no we can not tell people what they can and can not tell other people what they can and can ot do with their bodies.

Analysis Paper Rough Draft The author of Why Legalizing Organ Sales Would Help to Save Lives, End Violence Anthony Gregory, uses many different tools of proving his argument throughout the story. Although Gregory's angle of vision doesn’t see how legalizing organs can negatively effect people his use of logical appeal, not having any fallacies, and credible evidence credits his argument making it more effective. Gregory's angle of vision doesn’t see how it can negatively effect people. He doesn’t see that if legalizing organ sales would benefit the wealthy, leaving the poor to sacrifice their own health.

Organ transplantation is a term that most people are familiar with. When a person develops the need for a new organ either due to an accident or disease, they receive a transplant, right? No, that 's not always right. When a person needs a new organ, they usually face a long term struggle that they may never see the end of, at least while they are alive. The demand for transplant organs is a challenging problem that many people are working to solve. Countries all over the world face the organ shortage epidemic, and they all have different laws regarding what can be done to solve it. However, no country has been able to create a successful plan without causing moral and ethical dilemmas.

Ultimately, by advocating for the legalization of organ sales I am supporting those that are in need of organs to save their lives. They have a need for something that they can’t get. So, I am attempting help provide this for them. Though this is true, the advocacy wouldn’t really be targeted at them because they might already agree

Throughout history physicians have faced numerous ethical dilemmas and as medical knowledge and technology have increased so has the number of these dilemmas. Organ transplants are a subject that many individuals do not think about until they or a family member face the possibility of requiring one. Within clinical ethics the subject of organ transplants and the extent to which an individual should go to obtain one remains highly contentious. Should individuals be allowed to advertise or pay for organs? Society today allows those who can afford to pay for services the ability to obtain whatever they need or want while those who cannot afford to pay do without. By allowing individuals to shop for organs the medical profession’s ethical

But those same people have never truly taken the time to look at the benifits of the trade, all they see are the horrible and inhuman things done in it. But truly the organ trade saves thousands of lives every year. Because hospitals have such a long wait time and the surgery costs are super expensive some people don’t have enough time left to wait that long or they do not have enough money for the surgery costs, so they go to the black market to get an organ. This is where the people who look down on the organ trade should start to look at the positive side of it, and how even though there is a dark side to it, the organ trade can still massively benefit people. There will always be people who complain about the trade, no matter how beneficial it

Illegal selling of organs on the black market would not necessarily decrease in the case of organ donors being allowed compensation. The questionable moral compass of organ harvesters may not sway seeing as their actions were already illegal. It is possible that organs continue to be harvested for selling on the black market and people desperate enough will continue to purchase their organs from there.

As of August 2017 about  116,000 men, women and children are added to the National Transplant waiting list. A list that gets longer every ten minutes but quickly balances out due to the twenty, daily, lost lives.. Organ sales has the potential to increase an individual's life span yet it is amongst some of the more popular topic in ethical discussions that exhibit a polarized debate with no compromising solutions. However Anthony Gregory’s,  “Why Legalizing Organ Sales Would Help Save Lives, End Violence” arranges a well exhibited persuasive argument through the support of ethos, logos, and pathos when showcasing the importance and urgency of  allowing someone another day past their life expectancy.