Sickness comes to everyone in life at one point or another. Many people live their lives in misery because of the need for another organ needed for them to have a better life. In society today, there are many different transplants that are done on a daily basis. With scientist and doctors diligently working hard to find cures and the means to help save lives the donation of human organs have become widespread. In this paper I will discuss a case of black market sales of human organs. Sales of human organs are illegal. Black market sales is the term used to describe these type of transactions. The case that will be discussed here is titled “Desperate Buyers, Desperate Sellers drive the global black market in human organs”. When people …show more content…
It is estimated that the sales of illegal organ trades start at around 100,000.00 per organ (Rucke, 2013). People that are desperate to have an organ transplant normally are the buyers of illegal human organ sales. For someone in dire need of an organ transplant, a willing donor holds the key to life (Cherry, Mark J, 1999). While many people are for human organ donation, there are many that feel human organ donation is a form of exploitation (Cherry, Mark J, 1999). The question still rises today of does the right to sell one’s body parts rest within the person or the government (Wilkinson, Stephen, 2003)? Should the government be able to tell someone …show more content…
were waiting for organ transplants. Of those, a few thousand are expected to die waiting for their organ transplants (rucke, 2013). Why would we allow death to come to someone that is in need of a heart or kidney to save their life? Is human life not worth more? I am for organ donation but I feel like the donation of human organs should not be done in a black market kind of way. Someone that is desperately in need of an organ may not even ponder where the organ came from? The most popular human organ that is sold on the black market is kidneys (Rucke, 2013). Kidney are the most popular human organs sold because people are born with two and can live a healthy life with only one (Rucke, 2013). The sale of a black market kidney sells for usually about 1000.00 (Rucke, 2013). Many Israelis give up their organs to the person that will pay the most money but then end up being victims of a scandal and left without their organ or money (Rucke, 2013). In 2009 the FBI found that people in Israel were buying organs for 10,000.00 and selling them for 160,000.00 (Rucke, 2013). The donors receive little to no money at all, while the groups that organizes they sale makes a very large
Yearly, thousands die from not receiving the organs needed to help save their lives; Anthony Gregory raises the question to why organ sales are deemed illegal in his piece “Why legalizing organ sales would help to save lives, end violence”, which was published in The Atlantic in November of 2011. Anthony Gregory has written hundreds of articles for magazines and newspapers, amongst the hundreds of articles is his piece on the selling of organs. Gregory states “Donors of blood, semen, and eggs, and volunteers for medical trials, are often compensated. Why not apply the same principle to organs? (p 451, para 2)”. The preceding quote allows and proposes readers to ponder on the thought of there being an organ
Organ sales and donation are a controversial topic that many individuals cannot seem to agree upon. However, if someone close; a family member, friend, or someone important in life needed a transplant, would that mindset change? There are over one hundred and nineteen thousand men, women, and children currently waiting on the transplant list, and twenty-two of them die each day waiting for a transplant (Organ, 2015). The numbers do not lie. Something needs to be done to ensure a second chance at life for these individuals. Unfortunately, organ sales are illegal per federal law and deemed immoral. Why is it the government’s choice what individuals do with their own body? Organ sales can be considered an ethical practice when all sides of the story are examined. There are a few meanings to the word ethical in this situation; first, it would boost the supply for the
The uncontainable despair of the weeping and screaming parents entering a room full of body bags containing the altered remains of their children. In a room drained with blood and surrounding fridges for the maintenance of the ejected organs, everything seems miserably surreal(“Children Kidnapped for Their Organs”). This is only one of the discovered cases of the daily dozens of people killed for organ harvestation. Adding up to ten thousand illegal operations in 2012 which translates to hourly sales (Samadi). These abhorrent acts add up as crimes against humanity which are triggered by a numerous amount of reasons; in order to stop these constant atrocities we must uncover the root of the causes.
The selling of human organs for transplants is a highly debated topic in the healthcare industry today. The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 prohibits compensating organ donors for their donations. Over 100,000 Americans have kidney or liver disease, and are in need of transplants to survive. The average waiting time for a kidney transplant, once on the list, is 4.5 years, while, liver disease is less common with a waiting time of 430 days. Nonetheless, the fact is that there are not enough organs donated annually to meet these high demands. By creating a regulated market for buying and selling human organs, it would increase the number of lives saved, help families with expenses, and greatly ease the anguish that many sick individuals endure while in hope of a transplant.
In the world of medicine, there is no question that organ transplants are capable of saving lives that would otherwise be lost. However, a problem exists because not there are not enough organs available to meet the need. Buying and selling of human organs is illegal in most of the world, and this has resulted in the creation of a black market in order to help meet the demand. The black market consists of wealthy patients from first world countries using “brokers” to arrange for the purchase of organs from poor people in third world countries. Most of the black market activity has revolved on the buying and selling of kidneys; and there has also been extensive trading in other organs and human tissues.
Organ donations are crucial for people in emergency situations. For years organ donations have saved the lives of millions. The problem with people needing organs is that there are not enough organs to be supplied to everyone who needs it. There are many people who die because they are not able to obtain lifesaving organs. The need for organs exceeds the supply given. Thus, leading me to ask this essential question, “Should organ donation be a part of the market?” To support this question I have prepared three supportive claims, but since my answer is no my reasons will revolve around this argument. First, I will state why I do not agree with such a thing, and then I will support my claim by stating why it is so bad, and to end my paper I will state what place(s) legalizes trade.
By selling organs via the black market deprives humanity of this amazing opportunity. Stealing individuals of the right to choose by causing one to become persuaded by just another dollar sign is morally and ethically. The effects of the exchange of money for bodily organs will not decrease one’s debt, most people who consider selling their organ is quickly selling for a quick fix. Some have sold their organs, to send their children to school, provide housing for their family and more but many have left unsatisfied. This gentleman from Bangladesh explains the harsh and brutal ways that individuals in the black market, are taking advantage of poor people, without knowledge of the effects of organ surgery. “I thought they would take my kidney, but they said they wanted to take part of my liver,” said Mehdi Hassan, a farmer from Bamongram village who underwent the operation in 2009. (O’Connor 2014) This individual stated that he did not even know what a liver was, but was still led to complete the surgery just for money to survive. As human citizens, we should be appalled by the fact that the cause of the selling of human organs is inhumane and more people need to be made aware of the effects that this is causing thousands and their families members. In the HBO show, “The tales of the organ trade,” the journalist interviews a whole family only to find out that each member except the children has
Organ donation is a key role in saving thousands of American lives. Without donation hundreds of people would die from improperly functioning or failing organs not strong enough to keep them alive. Organ donation is the process of giving an organ or a part of an organ for the purpose of transplantation into another person. Organs can be donated from both living and deceased donors, and can be donated from all ages. Unfortunately not all Americans are aware of organ donation and out of the ones that are, several are uncomfortable with donating for several reasons. This is causing organ shortages not just in the US, but all over the world. These shortages have led to the voluntary selling of one’s own organs, otherwise known as Organ Trafficking.
The federal government prohibits the sale, as opposed to the donation, of human organs. Under the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 (NOTA), it is a felony to give or receive compensation for them. Legalizing sales has been discussed in some circles, but proposals to let people sell their own organs as they see fit do not appear at the top of the list of most discussed issues, or anywhere close to the top (Jason). Recently, as the danger, rarity, and cost of organ transplants have gone down, the number of available organs has followed.
There are laws against the sale of human organs around the world, but limited enforcement of these laws. If the patient is willing to pay for an organ that would save and potentially extend their life, there will always be a black market for organ donation. In addition, if the donor is living in poverty or below, if an organ trafficking ring approaches this person with a promise to a gr...
Selling organs will saves lives in many different ways also. People are dying because they are illegally selling their organs in the black market or even selling there organs in insane prices to other people. As in Germany, it will coast around $3500 to donate a liver. But in other i...
Organ transplantation is an amazing accomplishment of modern science which grants the recipient a prolonged life. Sadly, today the demand for organs is not being closely met, leading to the world’s organ shortage. Thus far, solutions aimed to increase organ donors have failed, which seems to have lead ultimately to what is referred to as the organ trade. With the problem of the organ shortage people have become desperate, to the point where they have come up with the solution of removing their own organs and even the organs of people who have been trafficked in order to sell them in the organ trade. Not only an ongoing problem in the United States, the organ trade is a problem being faced all over the world. Imagine going out with friends but waking up in a
After fatality, one registered organ donor can save up to 50 lives with the donation of organs, tissues and body parts (Facts About Organ Donation, n.d.). It is unknown how many people are saved each year after organ transplantation due to many different factors such as different recipient matches and available donors. But, transplantation does save or prolong the lives of many individuals each year. Not only does organ transplantation have life changing differences to the recipient, the success rate for transplantation is between 80 and 90 percent (Facts About Organ Donation, n.d.). If this process is beneficial to the recipient and the donor with high success rates and many saved lives, then organ sales should be allowed if an individual chooses to do such a
The commercialization of human body parts has been, over time, on the upward trend. Kidney failure being relatively on the rise, more and more people have a need and desire to boost their lives by kidney transplants. Since the human body can function effectively with one kidney, some people do not mind donating their kidneys for some consideration. However, does this not break the ethics code? Is it not reducing human dignity to monetary terms by placing a price tag on human body part? As the essay questions the morality and the ethics of this practice, the idea of black market kidney donations arise which is evidence of clear commercialization of the human life and exploitation of the poor.
For decades organ transplants have saved the lives of countless patients in need. However, over time, the gap between the supply and demand of donated organs has alarmingly widened. The shortage of altruistic donors raises the argument of whether the United States government should legalize commercial transplantation. Ethical discussions exhibit polarized debates of the topic, however, to efficiently save money and lives, the selling of organs should be legal.