Pros And Cons Of Black Organ Trade

Imagine yourself in a situation where you are literally dying for an organ and the hospital is unable to supply you with the organ that could save your life. Would you rather suffer in pain or would you turn to the black market to live? Picture yourself in the poorest place in America and you have a perfectly functioning organ and you need to make money fast or else you will be evicted from your home, would you rather wait another few weeks to get your paycheck and risk the chance of getting evicted, or would you sell the organ? These are just some of the situations black market donors and recipients have to endure. Black market organ selling can be defined as purchasing, selling, or obtaining any organ in an illegal manner and some claim that black market organ trade is unethical. Black Market organ trade should …show more content…
For starters, black market organ selling is illegal and is punishable for a $5,000 fine, prison time, or both, th punishment varies between states and countries. Another downside to black market organ selling can include the crimes that are involved, for any black market, deadly crimes can occur, such as murder, but that is very rare. One example of a crime when a man who was interviewed had his kidney taken away from him in a scam. He lied to the surgeon saying that he was related to the patient in order to be able to sell his kidney. The result was that the man only received 1% of the profits. There were two crimes involved with this man, he went against the Nepalis law which is that the organ donor must be a relative (Pokharel). The other crime involved with that man was that the man was robbed of most of his earnings. Another crime that can occur is kidnapping to harvest organs, even though kidnapping is dangerous and plagues places all over the world, this can come to a halt by having more policemen around to ensure the safety of