Persuasive Speech On Organ Sales

In the United States, there are currently 116,608 people in need of a lifesaving organ transplant, and 75,684 people that are currently active waiting list candidates (HRSA, 2017). Between January and September 2017, there have only been 12,211 organ donors (HRSA, 2017) which is far less that the current demand for lifesaving organs. The shortage of donors could lead to an individual looking for outside sources such as the black market to find their lifesaving organ. Offering incentives to persons who chose to donate their organs or those of a deceased loved one is important because it could stop the illegal selling of organs, save the life of someone in need of an organ transplant and benefit both the donor and recipient.

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.

Please try and consider the following situation. You’re sitting in an emergency room, waiting for your dad to awake after falling into liver failure, costing him to need a new liver. Not knowing if it’s possible, crossing your fingers. You wish you could help, but you can’t. Someone else can. An organ donor. According to organdonor.gov, about 116,000 U.S. citizens are waiting on the organ transplant list as of August 2017. To put that number into perspective, that’s more than double the amount of people that can fit into Yankee Stadium. And to make matters worse, 20 people each day die waiting for a transplant.(organdonor.gov) Organ donation can offer patients a second chance at life and provides

Every day, numerous people across the world stop their lives for four hours to get hooked up to a dialysis machine at a hospital nearby. This machine helps to remove harmful wastes, toxins, excess salt, and water from their body because unfortunately their body cannot do so for them. These people wait on a list until they can one day receive a kidney transplant because kidney failure has resulted in their body not being able to clean their blood properly. More than 300,000 Americans have kidney failure and use dialysis daily and the statistics are only continuing to grow. I am going to argue that the best to solve this problem is to legalize the regulated sale of organs to better society as a

There are a lot of different things that are going on in this world today that keep people from doing right by God. People need to know that the selling of the organs can make things worst in the country that can cause lots of problem for people who do not have the money to pay the price for organs. It comes a time that if someone needs an organ real bad to help save their life and do not have the money to pay for the organ, what will happen then. There would be people who would like for people to be able to just donate organs so they can help save lives in our country without looking for something in return. People can make a lot of different in our children life if they see that we as adults are doing something positive in the world makes them want to follow in our footsteps and love and care for everyone knows matter what the situation is looking like. People feel that if the selling of the organs would become legal to do, the only people who would be able to afford to buy organs would be the ones who has lots of money and want miss a dime when buying organs. “Being able to pay for an organ, would give an unfair disadvantage to those who may need the transplant more urgently but don’t have the money to offer. Being that there is limited number of organs from dying patients, and limited organs that can be donated from living patients.” (https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid)

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to become organ donors and act upon their decision to donate.

There are 112 thousand people on the organ transplant list and 22 people die every day because they cannot find a match ("Organ Donation Statistics", 2017). In 1984, under the National Organ Transplant Act, America outlawed the buying and selling of organs. If caught selling organs illegally, those involved shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both (Prohibition of Organ Purchases, 2011). With organizations like Planned Parenthood selling the body parts of aborted fetuses, the compensation of organs has been compared to prostitution. (Gebelhoff, 2015). If organ donors begin being compensated for their gifts of life, the Black Market organ trafficking will increase due to supply and demand of organs which in return creates a higher victim rate related to the black market. Offering money for organs can be viewed as an attempt to coerce economically disadvantaged Americans to participate in organ donation even though these groups of people have been shown to be less likely to be candidates, monetary incentives for organs could be characterized as exploitation (National Kidney Foundation, 2003). The Compensation of organ donation is unethical due to the acts by organizations such as Planned Parenthood, black market increases along with acts of cruelty towards unexpecting victims, and the increase in costs to perform the transplants.

According to organdonor.gov, “an average of 22 people die each day waiting for transplants that can 't take place because of the shortage of donated organs.”

Lack of organ donors is a major issue worldwide and we can help them by giving them a gift of life.

The ethical issue for the majority of people in the U.S. does not seem to be whether donating organs should be allowed, but instead should someone be compensated for their donation. As described earlier, the U.S. has a major shortage of organs and an even greater shortage is found in some areas of the world. However, countries like Iran have found a way to eliminate their shortage completely. “Iran adopted a system of paying kidney donors in 1988 and within 11 years it became the only country in the world to clear its waiting list for transplants.” (Economist, 2011) Although this sounds promising, it is important to look at the effects on the organ donor. In a study done on Iranian donors who sold their kidneys, it was found that many donors were negatively affected emotionally and physically after donating and that given the chance most would never donate again nor would they advise anyone else to do so. (Zargooshi, 2001) Additionally, many claimed to be worse off financially after donating due to an inability to work. (Goyal, 2002) To some, this last set of findings would be enough to supersede the benefit of clearing the organ waiting lists.

Did you know that in the united states more than 123,000 are on a waiting list to receive organs almost every 12 minutes someone new is added on to the list,and approximately 18 people die daily just by waiting for an organ transplant.Although that is a serious problem black marketed organs don't make it okay.In the United States and as well as other countries around the world have made illegal to sell organs.Well I also think it should stay illegal I am against for reasons being the children,

A. “I do not need to think about death. I am a young, healthy, and invincible person. Nothing bad can ever happen to me.” Have you ever had these thoughts?

Donating organ to a person in need adds significant years to his life. The donor will be back to his normal life within a week after donation and will have no side effects if treated carefully. Here is an example of Tom Walker, a coach who decided to donate his kidney to one of his team player. Kevin Jordan, a left handed outfielder, was offered admission to Wake Forest University and their baseball team in his senior year at high school. He amazing talent on field was recognized by the baseball coach at Wake Forest, Tom Walker. Summer before college, Kevin was diagnosed with kidney failure and put on dialysis. Even after his parent’s advice to stay with them, Kevin decided to attend college and live life like a normal college kid. During his first semester, he was able to manage practice sessions, attend all classes and time for workout with his team in addition to dialysis. Due to worsening conditions, he discontinued college the next semester. After futile attempts of finding a match within his family and friends, his coach Tom, decided to test for the match with Kevin as they had the same blood group. It matched perfectly and Tom willingly donated his kidney to Kevin. Due to this noble act of kindness from his coach, Kevin can now live a normal life and play for the college like everyone else. Even Tom, is hale and hearty and back as a coach within two weeks after the operation. As the coach was readily willing to donate his kidney, this ended on a

There are currently 115,930 people on the national list awaiting an organ transplant (“Data”). These people wait patiently as death knocks on their door. In America, we can do so much to ensure that people will live on with the donations of organs. Unfortunately, many are unaware of the amount of people who are dying that are waiting for an organ. Organ donation is a great way to save someone's life, and continue the life of a loved one. Although it is a great way to give someone a new life many people are uninformed about donation and how valuable organs are. For example, did you know that in order for you to be recognized as a valid donor you must sign the back of your license?

According to data collected from UNOS, every 10 minutes someone is added to the transplant list, 22 of those people waiting for organs die every day and never get the transplant. But just one organ donor. One, can save up to 8 lives. Anyone can be an organ donor. Anybody and everybody can sign up to be one. There are so many statistics showing the death rate of organ donors, but there are also statistics showing how many people are saved a day and how many organ donors have actually gotten transplants and are off the list. But what could you do to change those statistics? There is nothing stopping someone from being a donor. You can do so much by signing up to be one. That could mean saving someone's life and that is a huge thing. Not only should you be a donor for all those who need organs, but do it for yourself. It makes a big difference.