Sale And Sale Of Human Organs

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.

Is establishing a legal market for organ trade the answer? If not then what is?

Despite the argument made by MacKay, there are additional actions that need to take place in order to legalize and introduce the buying and selling process of human organs in the United States. People need to be made aware of how many individuals are truly affected by an organ that will not function properly and understand the law that prevents the selling of organs. If a new law is passed, that legalizes the buying and selling of

Opponents like to claim that it exploits the poor. “Opponents of … organ trade argue that buying organs from the poor is simply exploitation...” (Croughs 1/9). While it could be seen as exploitation, most of the time it’s simply not that at all. People think its exploitation because of the fact that their quite literally selling their body for money, but is it still considered exploitation if it can benefit an abundance of other people in need? Another claim opponents of organ trade argue is “Selling an organ entails more risk than working at a factory or shining shoes…” (Croughs 2/9). While this statement could be proven true, if the organ or human matter was properly taken out and the patient got treatment after the removal, it wouldn’t be as dangerous. It definitely wouldn’t be as dangerous if it was just a kidney or a vial of blood being removed, a person can live perfectly fine without either of those, if they have no further medical issues. Likewise, selling an organ compared to working in a factory is more dangerous if done improperly, but either way the person makes money for their work. Also people claim that the donors “… were back in debt despite having sold a kidney, possibly related to issues linked to their social status…” (Hudson 2/6). This wouldn’t have happened if the person used the money wisely. To say the least, if a poverty-stricken person was to sell their own organs it wouldn’t be

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.

The most significant problem regarding the sale of organs is the advantage some people are taking of the sellers who need money. Unfulfilled promises or low pays once the transplant is done

Most people and including this writer, probably have never given a lot of thought about organ donation, aside from checking ‘yes’ box for DMV. A far amount of people believe that once a person is dead, that using what is left of the body so another can benefit from the donation or, perhaps, even save another human being’s life. However, what about selling a kidney not donating one? The essay “Organ Sales Will Save Lives” written by Joanna McKay, delves a lot deeper into the hot topic of human organ sales and the need to change the laws. She makes a compelling argument for the legality of organ sales as well as an ethical one.

The relevant facts driving this discussion is the shortage of organs and poor people are willing to sell the organs. Janet Radcliffe Richards proposes to allow people to sell their kidneys. 2. What ethical arguments does Janet Radcliffe-Richards make? 1.

As NBC13.com news points out “everyday seventeen people die waiting for organ transplants.” These deaths could simply be prevented by having a system in place that could provide a service to these helpless individuals. According to this site, there are 120,000 people still waiting for organs, nationwide; 30,000 of them are African Americans. But when it comes down to the issue of free trade of human organs, the majority of American citizens will consider it a controversial and ethical issue. There could be a large group of people supporting each side of this argument. However, only those who want to sell their organs and those who need the

Are you aware that there has been numerous unfortunate networks of brokers and hospitals that have been involved in illegal organ trade worldwide? According to “Organ Donation And Transplant Statistics,” an estimate of 123,000 patients are on the national waiting list for an organ transplant and only 28,000 patients received an organ each year. Not to mention, the amount of people added on the list which is approximated to 3,000 per month. Now, the number of organ sellers are increasing in black markets, an illegal traffic and trade. Most of these sellers are poor which gives them an opportunity to gain money. For this reason, it has caused a dispute of whether or not organ trade should be allowed. There are those that believe that organ trade

Selling an organ should be illegal because organ sellers would kill the poor people, as long as they get the organ. The poor people is as innocent people because they is not guilty but then they is the victim in selling the organ. In this article, they said that the organ such as liver or kidneys will grows back as a normal however not all the organ will grows back as it is mention in the article. For instance is a heart, whichever to get the heart, they cannot simply cut the heart by two as they did to the liver and kidney. So that, by hook or by crook they need to kill the innocent people to get the organ. This is happen when there have a request from recipient to purchase a heart even if the organ seller need to kill the people or not.

As days turn into weeks, weeks into months and months into years, the initial hope begins to fail as one is knocking on deaths door. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services reports, “an average of 18 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs” (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2013). An article in The Penn Center guide to bioethics states, “One of these is a child or a baby. These deaths are especially tragic because many of them could be prevented if there were more organs available” (Caplan, 2009). It must remain a frightening matter to realize that one’s days are numbered and devoid of a transplant one will have to leave behind loved ones, incomplete business, and unpaid bills for others to acquire. Frustration and anger must attack the hearts of those helplessly watching as loved ones watch their spouses, children, parents, and friends start to fade away. As their hope dwindles and desperation turns into anger at the realization that death is preventable, many turn to alternative methods to obtain much-needed organs. Therefore, while laws insist that altruism is the only way one is to obtain an organ a black market for organs has manifested itself. The black market

Should the sales of human organs be legally or not, it is quite difficult to find a satisfied answer to this controversial question at the moment. Although a large number of articles were written, numerous speeches were made, countless meetings were hold to discuss about this matter but until now it is still a big controversy issue all over the world. Thanks to the steadily development of scientist, technology and medicine treatment, nowadays human organ can be transplanted from one to another. As the consequence some people think that selling organs should be legalized but others claim that it must not be done because the crime rate will rise and only the rich benefit from it. However, I believe that selling human

The first major issue with respect to a legal organ market is the issue of living donors. Gregory extends the issue of living donation of semen, eggs and blood to include organs. This is false equivalency. The human body readily regenerates semen, eggs and blood; it does not regenerate kidneys. Living donors who sell their organs suffer negative health outcomes. While the body is engineered in such a way that kidney capacity

Instead of focusing attention on the sale of human organs, resources would best be spent considering more ethical