Two US doctors have suggested the sale of organs such as kidneys should be legalised to meet the rising demand. They said bids to increase the donor pool were failing, and a black market in organ sales was booming.
Writing in Kidney International the pair said, while it remained a taboo, legalisation should be considered.
Eli Friedman, a kidney specialist, at the State University of New York, and Amy Friedman, a transplant specialist, of Yale University, said the case for legalising kidney purchases hinged on the fact that individuals were entitled to control their own body parts.
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If people could sell their assh*les, politicians would be millionaires.
If you outlaw organ sales, only the outlaws will sell organs!
First person to wake up in your hotel room bathtub covered in ice and with a note on the phone saying “Call 911″… please post your experience here.
Ryan
Being a capitalist society here in the U.S. why not allow sales of organs? As Ryan said, this will prevent the criminal element from taking it over… Look at alcohol during Prohibition and the current state of illicit drugs, legalize, oversight, and taxation!
…only with a fine wine.
And then once the price has been bid so high that only the rich can afford it, make sure to legislate a tax write-off for the expense! 🙂
Ban Organ sales? Get real !!! I used to play some wicked stuff when I was younger and if I had been relegated to just using a piano…
What, different organs? Oh, well, just sign the back of your Drivers License and be a donor. Shoot, after you die you can’t take it ’em with you.
I used the organ to write a lot of stuff. A very versatile instrument.
My thinking for some time has been that the system should be reversed. You should have to fill out a card if you don’t want to donate. There would of course be a requiredment to sew em’ up nice and neat for those who like an open casket. Never happen of course but now you know one thing I’d do if I was dictator.