Organ Tourism Persuasive Essay

Advances within the medical field have made many things that we once thought impossible, now possible. One of these unimaginable things is organ transfers. We are capable of taking an organ such as a kidney or liver and transplanting it into another human being so that they may live longer with a healthy functioning organ. With this amazing advance, however there have been consequences. The most serious of these consequences is the lack in supply of transferable organs. The result of this consequence has caused many individuals to partake in what is called organ tourism. Organ tourism is when someone goes to another country to receive an organ. It has harmed many individuals within poor countries due to the rise of black market hospitals. Black market organ tourism has caused harm to both the donor and receivers, is a result of the lack in supply of organs available, and is an issue that needs to be addressed. Within my research project I will be addressing the reason as to why black market hospitals need to be stopped. Before I address this, I will …show more content…
To start I will talk about why it is that some people will resort to black market hospitals as a way to receive their needed organ. Following this I will talk about some of the consequences that tend to happen to these individuals after they have received there needed organ. Once I have fully discussed the receiver of the organs side I will then address the donor in the poor countries side. I will talk about reasons as to why it is they donate their organs, how they are treated during the prosses before and during their donation, and what happens to them after they have donated. Talking about both the individuals needing an organ and those that donate their organs will provide me with enough reasoning to show why it is that black market hospitals need to be