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ribozyme
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I do not know what to say, but this is an example of how people are willing to do anything to take advantage of the less fortunate for their own personal gain.
I commend you for bringing this to my attention.
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RomanCrusader
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So many people need kidneys today. I think we should seriously consider allowing select people to sell kidneys.
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ribozyme
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What? If you allow a free market of organs, the rich will buy and the poor will sell.
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RomanCrusader
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I think it should be very tightly regulated.
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iamrefreshed
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I think that would be appalling. It would fly in the face of dignity of life.
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RomanCrusader
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How so? It would save lives and harm no one.I think that would be appalling. It would fly in the face of dignity of life.
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iamrefreshed
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CCC…
**2296 **Organ transplants are in conformity with the moral law if the physical and psychological dangers and risks to the donor are proportionate to the good sought for the recipient. Organ donation after death is a noble and meritorious act and is to be encouraged as a expression of generous solidarity. It is not morally acceptable if the donor or his proxy has not given explicit consent. Moreover, it is not morally admissible to bring about the disabling mutilation or death of a human being, even in order to delay the death of other persons.
Emphasis mine.
I don’t think that someone who is being given money for their organ is giving ‘consent’. That consent is compromised by the money.
Prostitutes take money and give ‘consent’.
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wabrams
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I don’t know where I stand on the issue of selling organs, but think about this:
The donor gets nothing monetarily for giving an organ (say a kidney), but everyone else involved gets paid. The agency that matches donor/recipient, the surgeon, scrub techs, nurses, anesthesiologists/crna, rad techs, ambulance service to trasnport the organs, etc. So whose to say the donor can’t get a piece of the money pie?
The donor gets nothing monetarily for giving an organ (say a kidney), but everyone else involved gets paid. The agency that matches donor/recipient, the surgeon, scrub techs, nurses, anesthesiologists/crna, rad techs, ambulance service to trasnport the organs, etc. So whose to say the donor can’t get a piece of the money pie?
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Dale_M
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I agree. The selling of human organs is inherently exploitive of the poorest persons, as seen in the article.
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cathgal
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We all know who would benefits from this. The rich.
Who would sell his/her organ unless he/she in desperate need for money?
Has the poor been oppressed enough?
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RomanCrusader
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You can always choose not to sell an organ you know. And there would be regulations on who could sell.
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seekerz
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The article clearly states that some kidneys were removed without consent. Even with consent, I have serious objections to the selling of kidneys.
People are being conned, drugged and operated on without their consent. This has been going on for many years and used to be dismissed as urban legend. There are also scenarios where poor Indian husbands instruct their wives to sell a kidney (notice he doesn’t volunteer his) for the financial good of the family; since women of the culture are usually submissive, they do it.
The only way to avoid such exploitation is to ban all selling of organs.
People are being conned, drugged and operated on without their consent. This has been going on for many years and used to be dismissed as urban legend. There are also scenarios where poor Indian husbands instruct their wives to sell a kidney (notice he doesn’t volunteer his) for the financial good of the family; since women of the culture are usually submissive, they do it.
The only way to avoid such exploitation is to ban all selling of organs.
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