over 200 private oocyte, female egg, donation agencies. The women that donate are paid about $5,000- $8,000 per donation and this has caused many women to donate. Although many of the agencies deny that they are buying oocytes, but instead are paying the women for their “time and inconvenience,” thus a loophole. If .the blood and reproductive cell incentivized donations have shown us anything is that a monetized incentive will boost the donations (Harris and Alcorn).
Many governments around the world have punished those who have attempted to sell their organs, and have labeled organ sellers as “criminals,” but this is truly unfair since they are not on par with most criminals. How can society ridicule an individual who is selling his organ …show more content…
One acts to save a life, while the other acts to harm lives, and the government has failed to distinguish one from the other. The sale of human organs has been condemned worldwide, the punishments range from UKs’ 3 month sentence to Venezuela's 8 year imprisonment. These sentences are nearly identical to those of a serious felony, when they should not be (Kishore). The selling of a kidney should not equal a federal offense that would lead to an individual's imprisonment. The unfair treatment of those who try to sell their organs does not stop there, many have tried and most have failed. On September 2, 1998 a man tried to auction his kidney on Ebay. His projected goal was $25,000 and by the time it was taken down, the auction had reached $5,750,100 (Harris and Alcorn). Organs are scarce in the world, since not many people are willing to donate, but if …show more content…
Other proposed markets are still on development and are many years from being recognized by the government. A few years ago Dr. Robert Sade, a doctor of the Medical University of South Carolina, and some acquaintances developed a potential in-kind market for the organs. The market would give any consenting individuals the opportunity to join a nationwide market pool of organ donors. The only way to get in is by allowing to have your own organs donated at death. This would be a remarkable market because only those who are willing to donate their organs would be able to receive on organ if needed ("Commentary: How to”). This would remove the compensation method and instead use a new approach of trade. There have been attempts to replace the current organ system with an influx of artificial organs. Recently there has been many innovations to find alternatives to organ donation or selling, the efforts have included the development of artificial organs. Bioengineers have had success with synthetic organs. They created a mechanical kidney that could take the job of a traditional dialysis machine. The mechanical kidney filters blood in toxic matter and it could coexist in the body with natural kidney cells, these cells pass sugar and salts back to the blood. The machine is still in development and has only been used on dogs
Many governments around the world have punished those who have attempted to sell their organs, and have labeled organ sellers as “criminals,” but this is truly unfair since they are not on par with most criminals. How can society ridicule an individual who is selling his organ …show more content…
One acts to save a life, while the other acts to harm lives, and the government has failed to distinguish one from the other. The sale of human organs has been condemned worldwide, the punishments range from UKs’ 3 month sentence to Venezuela's 8 year imprisonment. These sentences are nearly identical to those of a serious felony, when they should not be (Kishore). The selling of a kidney should not equal a federal offense that would lead to an individual's imprisonment. The unfair treatment of those who try to sell their organs does not stop there, many have tried and most have failed. On September 2, 1998 a man tried to auction his kidney on Ebay. His projected goal was $25,000 and by the time it was taken down, the auction had reached $5,750,100 (Harris and Alcorn). Organs are scarce in the world, since not many people are willing to donate, but if …show more content…
Other proposed markets are still on development and are many years from being recognized by the government. A few years ago Dr. Robert Sade, a doctor of the Medical University of South Carolina, and some acquaintances developed a potential in-kind market for the organs. The market would give any consenting individuals the opportunity to join a nationwide market pool of organ donors. The only way to get in is by allowing to have your own organs donated at death. This would be a remarkable market because only those who are willing to donate their organs would be able to receive on organ if needed ("Commentary: How to”). This would remove the compensation method and instead use a new approach of trade. There have been attempts to replace the current organ system with an influx of artificial organs. Recently there has been many innovations to find alternatives to organ donation or selling, the efforts have included the development of artificial organs. Bioengineers have had success with synthetic organs. They created a mechanical kidney that could take the job of a traditional dialysis machine. The mechanical kidney filters blood in toxic matter and it could coexist in the body with natural kidney cells, these cells pass sugar and salts back to the blood. The machine is still in development and has only been used on dogs