The trade of human parts considered as one of the hottest disputes in recent years, regarding to the massive demands on organs that override its supplies. Therefore, many organizations, doctors, and physicians who aim for the best interest of the patients, are calling for the lifting of the ban on organs trafficking, to solve the body parts scarcity and to control the market of organs. Which ignite altercation between the supporters of lifting the ban and the anti-lifting of the ban. Many countries around the world are banning organs commerce, put this procedure did not stop organs trafficking, put instead it boost it to face the shortage in body part, and to diminish the time waiting. The advocates of the organ-for-sale claim that we have
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Transplant treatment redound in rescuing lives, but with the current rates of demand that overweighs supplies according to statistics, and the ban on organs trade, more people will be entering the waiting list, and more people will be dead long time before they can receive an organ for transplant "An estimated 170,000 patients in the U.S. and Europe are in waiting list. More than 70,000 Americans are waiting for kidney, and the list has grown at a rate of almost 5,000" (Saletan, 2007). Therefore, allowing an open market for organs will help in saving lives, reducing the waiting time, and also helps to relieve patient agony and minimize the expenses paid for the treatment whether it was paid by the government or by the patient as we have seen in the case of Mahmoud who purchased a kidney to end his suffering with the dialysis which cost him around 85% of his monthly income, in addition to the pains that accompany the process of dialysis. Nevertheless, authorizing the sale of organs not only beneficial for the patient, but also it is gainful for the donor who accept to exchange his organs for money such as in the case of Soheila who accept to sell her kidney to meet the demand of her family and help her husband to repay his
Transplant treatment redound in rescuing lives, but with the current rates of demand that overweighs supplies according to statistics, and the ban on organs trade, more people will be entering the waiting list, and more people will be dead long time before they can receive an organ for transplant "An estimated 170,000 patients in the U.S. and Europe are in waiting list. More than 70,000 Americans are waiting for kidney, and the list has grown at a rate of almost 5,000" (Saletan, 2007). Therefore, allowing an open market for organs will help in saving lives, reducing the waiting time, and also helps to relieve patient agony and minimize the expenses paid for the treatment whether it was paid by the government or by the patient as we have seen in the case of Mahmoud who purchased a kidney to end his suffering with the dialysis which cost him around 85% of his monthly income, in addition to the pains that accompany the process of dialysis. Nevertheless, authorizing the sale of organs not only beneficial for the patient, but also it is gainful for the donor who accept to exchange his organs for money such as in the case of Soheila who accept to sell her kidney to meet the demand of her family and help her husband to repay his