Should We Legalize the Market for Human Organs?

Organ transplantation is one of the main glory of modern medicine. But for thousands of people who can save lives this is a miraculous miracle

There is not enough internal organs to bypass. About 75,000 Americans are waiting for kidney transplants. But next year, only 18,000 people will get them. This is only a quarter

In the meantime, simply waiting and maintaining the kidneys through dialysis will prevent other people from finally getting kidneys. The next year, about 4,000 patients will wait for death. At least 1,200 people will be excluded from the list. Because they have complications that get too sick to undergo transplant surgery.

If more Americans sign an organ donation card, more families agree to provide organs of their loved ones, and medical staff are likely to contact potential donor families However, the supply of corpses is flat with disappointment

Therefore, in recent years Samaritans who have tried to convince their lives - relatives, friends, even even strangers - donated one of their kidneys. This is useful, but not enough

This situation has caused a recent debate about what I could not imagine - to pay to donate organs to people. Six experts recently settled this emotional problem with Oxford style discussion.

By the end of the meeting, many 'pending people' were convinced. Before the discussion, 29% was uncertain. After that, it fell to 9%

People who want to buy organs rose from 44% to 60%. However, these opponents could only get 4 points from 27 points to 31 points.

The debate was held at the Asian Association of New York and the museum on 13th May. NPR's national lecture: Ira Flatow sponsored by Science Friday served as chairman of the conference

There are many reasons why internal organs should not be legalized. Legalization of the organ market may lead to an increase in homicide rate due to an increase in organ value. Legislation of organ sales will open valuable organs for those who think they are willing to pay. Legislation of this market will also lead to the exploitation of the poor. The poor will voluntarily sell basic organs with money. Lower classes rarely receive organs. Because donors do not donate for free but only want to sell to higher classes at higher prices. If the organ is on the market, desperate organ receivers will be obliged to pay amazing prices. Legislation of organ sales is more harmful than good

There are various arguments to support the establishment of a legal and regulated system for the trading of human organs. First of all, increasing the availability of organs supplies helps save lives. Furthermore, legalization of organ trafficking will eliminate the execution of reported "stolen" organs "(Weekes n.p.). If the sale of an organ is legal, no criminal market is needed in that area. In other words, legalized institutions will get donors a more equitable reward for their organs. In the black market, doctors and brokers benefit hundreds of thousands of dollars by their efforts (McLaughlin, et al. 1). In contrast, poor donors offer only a small amount of money to their organs; sometimes it is only a few hundred dollars. In the current legal system, we depend on voluntarily donated organs, and donors simply do not undergo any form of economic compensation.