Second chances at life do not come around every day and they do not come without a price. Organ transplants have been a life-saving solution for those with failing organs. Around 121,000 people “are waiting for an organ, and 18 will die everyday while waiting.” In the United States, organ donation has been one way of saving many lives but along with it came many restrictions. The waiting list is endless and there never seems to be enough time when the chances of resuming life are low and the demand and risks are high. When the odds are stacked up against us and letting life take its course isn’t an option, what other selfish possibility do some of us consider? Yes, if the black market organ transplant is what crossed your mind. That is correct.
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The possibilities open up and the limits to obtain organs are unimaginable. Compensation not only spurs donors to give up their organs but also entices clinics, doctors, and recipients to put aside their ethical and moral standards as well. Organ trafficking is a worldwide issue that feeds on people from poor and impoverished nations who need money to survive. Some donors are not fortunate enough to receive compensation for their organs due to shady dealing with criminals and crooked surgeons. Instead lives are negatively impacted and even taken to fulfill a need for an organ transplant somewhere in the world. Human trafficking has also been linked to the black market, which is also considered to be involved in organ harvesting. Body snatchers would kidnap their victims steal what is needed and leave their victims to die or for dead. In other cases, the middlemen work along side the morgue operators to harvest body tissue through illegal means. According to Psychology Today, “Always at the end of the chain is a wealthy recipient, willing to pay big bucks with no questions asked.” Not only does the recipient refuse to acknowledge how the organ is obtained, reporter Dale Archer M.D. says that according to Nancy Scheper-Hughes, ”broker-friendly US hospitals, complete with surgeons who with don’t know or don’t care where the organs come
The possibilities open up and the limits to obtain organs are unimaginable. Compensation not only spurs donors to give up their organs but also entices clinics, doctors, and recipients to put aside their ethical and moral standards as well. Organ trafficking is a worldwide issue that feeds on people from poor and impoverished nations who need money to survive. Some donors are not fortunate enough to receive compensation for their organs due to shady dealing with criminals and crooked surgeons. Instead lives are negatively impacted and even taken to fulfill a need for an organ transplant somewhere in the world. Human trafficking has also been linked to the black market, which is also considered to be involved in organ harvesting. Body snatchers would kidnap their victims steal what is needed and leave their victims to die or for dead. In other cases, the middlemen work along side the morgue operators to harvest body tissue through illegal means. According to Psychology Today, “Always at the end of the chain is a wealthy recipient, willing to pay big bucks with no questions asked.” Not only does the recipient refuse to acknowledge how the organ is obtained, reporter Dale Archer M.D. says that according to Nancy Scheper-Hughes, ”broker-friendly US hospitals, complete with surgeons who with don’t know or don’t care where the organs come