Should you be allowed to sell one of your kidneys?

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Ns1
non-essential organs are for sale

non-essential now..

but what if you sell one... and 5 years from now the other one goes into renal failure..

 

[0roo0roo]

no, but organ donation should be an opt out situation. http://www.sciencedaily.com/re...08/10/081031112039.htm

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: techs
So, you can live with one, and you can save someones life.
If someone offered you couple of million should you be allowed to sell one?

I didn't know you couldn't (never gave it any thought). Is there a state or federal law preventing it? Do all countries prevent it somehow?

I know its illegal in the US and most "civilized" countries, but there might be a few where its still ok.
Maybe we should ask Steve Jobs where he got his liver from? I'm guessing, statistically, it was from a p.c. user.

are there any computer users who *aren't* PC users?

 

[0roo0roo]

more on it http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_a...our_own_decisions.html

 

[Xylitol]

no
it'll make others stop donating

 

[AreaCode707]

No, for two reasons.

1. If people were allowed to sell their organs instead of donate them then few people would donate. As a result organ recipients would necessarily be rich most of the time, leaving middle class and lower to die for lack of funds. You'd be adding a fundamental inequity in medical treatment.

2. If people were allowed to sell their organs you would have situations where somebody would feel forced to sell their organs against their will, maybe for their kid's education, for food, for drugs, whatever. It then begins to involve coercion and duress and ceases to be truly a free choice. Again, this affects the lower classes and becomes a discriminatory issue.

<--- non-bleeding heart libertarian

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: AreaCode707
No, for two reasons.

1. If people were allowed to sell their organs instead of donate them then few people would donate. As a result organ recipients would necessarily be rich most of the time, leaving middle class and lower to die for lack of funds. You'd be adding a fundamental inequity in medical treatment.

2. If people were allowed to sell their organs you would have situations where somebody would feel forced to sell their organs against their will, maybe for their kid's education, for food, for drugs, whatever. It then begins to involve coercion and duress and ceases to be truly a free choice. Again, this affects the lower classes and becomes a discriminatory issue.

<--- non-bleeding heart libertarian

Agreed, the exploitation would be horrific, just as it is in countries where its commonplace.

 

[Brainonska511]

You want gills? So you don't need lungs? I take lungs now, gills come next week.

 

[Chiropteran]

Originally posted by: AreaCode707
No, for two reasons.

1. If people were allowed to sell their organs instead of donate them then few people would donate. As a result organ recipients would necessarily be rich most of the time, leaving middle class and lower to die for lack of funds. You'd be adding a fundamental inequity in medical treatment.

2. If people were allowed to sell their organs you would have situations where somebody would feel forced to sell their organs against their will, maybe for their kid's education, for food, for drugs, whatever. It then begins to involve coercion and duress and ceases to be truly a free choice. Again, this affects the lower classes and becomes a discriminatory issue.

<--- non-bleeding heart libertarian

1.

How much does it cost for emergency room time? How much does it cost to have a surgeon transplant an organ? How much does it cost for the transplant drugs? The cost of the organ itself could be insignificant compared to all the other costs already involved in having an organ replaced.

On the other hand, if there was monetary incentive to donate your organs upon death, I like to think that a lot more people would be organ doners. The world is a closed system. That money isn't disappearing. If organ doner is paid $20,000 for being an organ doner, than the poor person who can't afford to pay $5,000 for an organ could be an organ doner themselves and receive $20,000. It's simply a net gain. The only poor people who would die from lack of money to afford an organ would be the people who don't chose to be donors, which would be a fitting punishment.

2.

Selling organs doesn't mean going into the clinic to be chopped up into pieces. It means instead of signing a card that says "you can have my organs for free", you would be signing a contract saying "upon my death you can have all of my organs, in exchange for $20,000 today". EVERYONE should "sell" their organs under such a system.