Legalize the Sale of Human Organs
Legalize the Sale of Human Organs
Compensation for the donation of human organs should be legalized for medical use. Medical surgeons everywhere are calling the government to have them legalize the sale of organs for transplants; allowing people to sell their organs would help people by meeting their financial expenses, solve the lack of supply, save many lives, and get control of the black market. Compensation for donating bone marrow is legalized, so why not organs? There has been a huge problem in the United States with the lack of organ sales. The waiting list in the United States for all organs was 113,143, with 91,015 waiting for kidneys (Schulman, Miriam.). There are many people’s lives at stake before they can find a suitable donor. Seventy-five people receive organ transplants each day on average, while nineteen people die each day waiting for transplants because of the shortage of available donor organs (The National Network of Organ Donors). Legalizing the compensation of organ donations would help the lack of supply by saving the lives of those who may not find a donor. For example, when Iran gave generous compensation to organ donors, it cleared the backlog on their waiting list.
As our economy continues to shrink, there becomes less and less ways to make money, and a lot of people are left without jobs. The unemployment rate was 7.7 percent in November. The number of unemployed people was at 12.0 million. Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.2 percent), adult women (7.0 percent), and teenagers (23.5 percent) (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Here in the United States there are college students who take pictures of themselves in lingerie, and boys who take pictures in speedos to sell just to pay for college. If making money is getting so tough, why not let organs be legal to sell? Though the poor do have bad options, this policy takes away the one option they may think is best. It’s a win, win. People get money
Compensation for the donation of human organs should be legalized for medical use. Medical surgeons everywhere are calling the government to have them legalize the sale of organs for transplants; allowing people to sell their organs would help people by meeting their financial expenses, solve the lack of supply, save many lives, and get control of the black market. Compensation for donating bone marrow is legalized, so why not organs? There has been a huge problem in the United States with the lack of organ sales. The waiting list in the United States for all organs was 113,143, with 91,015 waiting for kidneys (Schulman, Miriam.). There are many people’s lives at stake before they can find a suitable donor. Seventy-five people receive organ transplants each day on average, while nineteen people die each day waiting for transplants because of the shortage of available donor organs (The National Network of Organ Donors). Legalizing the compensation of organ donations would help the lack of supply by saving the lives of those who may not find a donor. For example, when Iran gave generous compensation to organ donors, it cleared the backlog on their waiting list.
As our economy continues to shrink, there becomes less and less ways to make money, and a lot of people are left without jobs. The unemployment rate was 7.7 percent in November. The number of unemployed people was at 12.0 million. Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.2 percent), adult women (7.0 percent), and teenagers (23.5 percent) (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Here in the United States there are college students who take pictures of themselves in lingerie, and boys who take pictures in speedos to sell just to pay for college. If making money is getting so tough, why not let organs be legal to sell? Though the poor do have bad options, this policy takes away the one option they may think is best. It’s a win, win. People get money