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She points out that thousands suffer from kidney disease that has no known cure leaving patients to suffer the only treatment; costly dialysis for years and years, in which they will have to endure, until a kidney transplant becomes available. Cadaverous kidney transplants are usually from the old and the sick and do not last nearly as long as a live kidney donation. Accidents are another major source for a live donation. Most countries have laws forbidding organ sales, which make the odds of getting a healthy, living kidney, are slim. However, the wealthy can afford the black market costs involved. The poor, who are in dire circumstances themselves, are more than willing to sell one of their kidneys to pay bills, food etc. with the $1,000 or so the receive. Legalizing the sale would compensate the seller more adequately and ensuring both parties our in safe and sterile environment in which they both come out of the operation alive and healthy. The seller, who is usually very poor, might find a way out of their destitute situation if compensated appropriately. It can be a win-win for everyone. Nevertheless, The Catholic Church have stated that the selling of organs goes against the teachings of God, despite The Church’s stance on advocating and helping the sick and poor, this is deemed
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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