Argumentative Essay: Should Human Organs Be Illegal?

Many people believe that they should be rewarded for saving another person's life by donating an organ to those in need, claiming that they had a choice, so they are entitled to tribute, or reward, for making the right decision! Organ donation is “the process of removing tissues along with organs from a human body for the purposes of transplanting” which, in many countries, the patients are expected to pay for. The sale of human organs should be illegal because the system for distributing organs doesn’t allow equal opportunities for all people. The inequality is exploited in many ways. First of all, wealthier people have location, as well as financial advantages when going through the organ donation process. It’s easier for them to pay for organs (Marchione). When the demand for organs goes up, so does the price, which makes it harder for the poor to receive an organ even if they are on a higher priority list. The wealthier the patient is, the higher priority they are. That means that they can get on multiple waiting lists in different states and countries (Marchione). If the sale of the organs were banned, there wouldn be a problem with favoritism among the wealthier patients. …show more content…
When people in society are under financial stress, they want to do anything they can to bring in profit to themselves or their family, no matter how drastic. That could lead someone to donate an organ, knowing they will get paid in the process. With that said, medically critical information could be withheld just to get money. That would put the donor and the recipient at risk. The donor could also lie about how healthy their organ is and even lie about how well their organ matches the beneficiary's system, ultimately leading to the beneficiary's death. In the end, each person could end up worse then when they started