However, in many parts of the world, the poor are more than willing to line up and sign up to donate a kidney, in exchange to pay off some debts, buy food for the family, and fix up their cramped, unhealthy mosquito ridden shacks. They know it is illegal and that they are being exploited due to their dire circumstances, but these sellers still are willing to do it because of the extreme poverty they live in and every little bit of money helps. McKay points to a study In India, “in the long run, organ sellers suffers…nobody has the interests of the seller at heart…and the seller’s state of living actually worsens” (95). Regulation can change all that. With proper laws and guidelines set up, the shady and greedy intermediaries would be removed from the equation; doctors would be doing these procedures in sterile and clean clinics at lower costs due to the legalization. The money the recipient will save from forgoing years on costly dialysis treatments could go to the seller of the kidney to the tune of “$25,000” (95). That kind of cash can really help people and their families make it out extreme
However, in many parts of the world, the poor are more than willing to line up and sign up to donate a kidney, in exchange to pay off some debts, buy food for the family, and fix up their cramped, unhealthy mosquito ridden shacks. They know it is illegal and that they are being exploited due to their dire circumstances, but these sellers still are willing to do it because of the extreme poverty they live in and every little bit of money helps. McKay points to a study In India, “in the long run, organ sellers suffers…nobody has the interests of the seller at heart…and the seller’s state of living actually worsens” (95). Regulation can change all that. With proper laws and guidelines set up, the shady and greedy intermediaries would be removed from the equation; doctors would be doing these procedures in sterile and clean clinics at lower costs due to the legalization. The money the recipient will save from forgoing years on costly dialysis treatments could go to the seller of the kidney to the tune of “$25,000” (95). That kind of cash can really help people and their families make it out extreme