Bioethics: Pros And Cons Of Selling Organs

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Position Paper By Medina Gregory November 15, 2015 University of Maryland College Bioethics Introduction The following position paper will recognize the ethical issues dealing with selling organs. In addition, it will explain the topics, why selling organs is controversial, the pros and cons of selling organs, as well as communicate why this issues can benefit everybody involved with this ethical issue. Controversy Selling organ parts brings up a lot of controversy. For instance, killing unborn babies and harvesting their human body parts is legal, but selling your own body parts is illegal? More people would be willing to supply an organ if they could get a profit out of it. People also seem to wonder, why should …show more content…

Don’t business do that everyday? Preventing people from selling their organs, kill the people need an organ today. Why shouldn’t the people on the transplant list benefit from people selling their organs? Different organizations such as: charities, religious organizations, and the government could provide it for them. (My Body, My Organs: If Planned Parenthood Can Sell Body Parts, Why Can’t I?, n.d.). Why shouldn’t America bring this business to …show more content…

Dialysis cost more than transplantation, and transplantation would keep more people alive, and would help the economy. People who are not as wealthy would receive compensation for selling their organs. This would help decrease the amount of poverty in certain areas, as well as the financial stability of many. (Should the Selling of Organs be Legal?, n.d.). Another pro would be that people would have to deal with lesser pain, because they would receive the organ faster. In addition, there would be no point of having a black market for organs if it becomes legal, so that would decrease as well. Most importantly the patient would become healthy, and the patient would be able to have the option of knowing whom the organ came from. (Should the Selling of Organs be Legal?,

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