Organ donation affects hundreds of thousands of people and their families worldwide. At the end of October 2008‚ more than 100‚000 people were waiting for an organ in the United States alone. Unfortunately‚ the number of donors is nowhere near that figure. The development of organ transplantation as a standard medical procedure denotes that there is a substantial demand for organs than is adequate to fulfill the current needs (Barber 234). If the organs were readily available as needed‚ thousands
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Who owns your body? Discussion of the sale of human organs is too often overshadowed by cases of mistreatment‚ murder‚ and corruption. Most people fail to acknowledge that such abuses stem directly from the legal bans on selling body parts. Those opposed to a market in organs argue that selling body parts not only threatens the quality of the organ supply but will inevitably exploit people forced by poverty to enter such a market. But the ethical issues about whether people should be allowed to sell
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Selling Organs on the Black Market Every teenager wants to own the newest iPhone or iPad but to save up for those working at the local McDonald’s it would take some time. But in China‚ you can get it just by selling a kidney. In face according to a BBC news article dated April 6‚ 2012 five people were arrested for convincing a teenager to sell his kidney in an online chat room for the equivalent of $3‚000. The teenager is now suffering from kidney failure‚ and just for a couple of new toys
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Market for Human Organs Richard Knox‚ a National Public Radio reporter (Richard Knox)‚ states‚ “About 75‚000 Americans are on the waiting list for kidney transplants. But in the coming year‚ just 18‚000 will get them.” Unfortunately‚ the transplant list is only growing with each passing year. This means that many people will die on the waiting list and those who are lucky enough to get to surgery may not be strong enough to survive the operation because they have been without vital organs for so long
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Surprisingly‚ nearly 10 percent of 10‚000 English patients‚ who are on the waiting list for organs transplant‚ dies each year before they obtain an organ (Bates‚ 2011). While this number tends to rocket in not only England but also worldwide range‚ almost all the government still keep passing numerous policies to restrict the supply of transplant organs. Typically‚ they have long prohibited trafficking human organs regardless of proposals for reform. As a further work on this issue‚ the article “Sales
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the Sale of Human Organs General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the sale of human should be legalized Thesis: The sale of human organs should be legalized Introduction Attention Getter: There is a large shortage of organ donors in the US. When it comes to kidneys over 87 00 people are in need‚ but only 17‚ 000 Americans get each year while more that 4600 die waiting Significance of Topic: Many of you may someday know someone who needs and organ such as a kidney
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Sale of Human Organs If your loved one was faced with a life or death situation would you do everything in your power to help them. The easy answer to this would be yes but thousands of people are dying every year because there just aren ’t enough organs to be transplanted. There are hundreds of thousands of individuals in need of life-saving organ transplants‚ but the wait list is so long‚ that human organ sales should be legal. This has the potential to allow patients to look for organs of a similar
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The Human Organ Market Over the past decade the number of patients in need of an organ transplant has increased dramatically. The shortage of organs each year increases the number of patients on the waiting list and has deprived many people from a new life. There are over 100‚000 Americans on the waiting list and overage 19 people did each day from the lack of an organ transplant (Abouna 1). Between the years 1988 to 2006‚ the number patients in need for a transplant has increased times six (Abouna
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Human Organ Trafficking There are many problems with global crimes. What holds these crimes together isn’t because people around the world are committing the same crimes‚ it’s because these criminals have created global organizations that have ties in all the corners of the world. These groups work just like normal business do‚ exporting and importing goods to gain profit. However‚ unlike normal businesses their goods are illegal such as drugs and often inhumane such as trafficking humans. Even
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Organ trafficking is the practice of selling organs for transplant. There are both legal and illegal forms of organ trafficking‚ typically in which living individuals undergo removal of an organ that is then sold to be transplanted into someone else. While organ trafficking may involve the transfer of organs between willing donors who volunteered for the process‚ there is some evidence that not all donors actually volunteer their organs‚ are capable of giving informed consent‚ or are compensated
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