Organ markets

[Reluctant Republican]

Hell yeah I'm for it. While I don't think that I'd be likely to sell my organ, the option should be open to me if I want to do it. It's my body, so if I want to sell a part of it, let me have the right to. I do support having to read and fill out a disclamer before any organ harest however.

But let's look at this realistically. It’s hard to get money together if you’re just out of college and want to buy a nice house. Now, I know selling your organs is not the best way to go about raising money, but realistically, the government’s not going to be able to keep prices down. So if you’re able to sell a [right now] unnecessary part of your body for 20000 or 30000, that could be a big help to people just out of college.

Maybe I'm a little nuts, but it makes sense to me.

[nclib]

No, it would not be ethical for rich people to use their money to jump ahead of poor people to get an organ sooner, especially considering the fact that the need for a transplant often has nothing to do with a person's lifestyle choices.

As for paying live donors to donate an organ during the donor's lifetime, I could consider this only if the recipient would not be affected financially and the donor would get compensation through public money.

[Person Man]

I understand how this hurts poors, but I would be thrilled to death to see poor decedents helping their families out of poverty. Also, if their was a government-lowered barrier to entry, this could actually be a good idea.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Only if there's monitoring in place to stop organ legging rings.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

As for paying live donors to donate an organ during the donor's lifetime, I could consider this only if the recipient would not be affected financially and the donor would get compensation through public money.

That's pretty much what I'm talking about in this thread, and am certainly NOT talking about allowing rich people to buy an early spot in donor lines or anything like that.

[Person Man]

As for paying live donors to donate an organ during the donor's lifetime, I could consider this only if the recipient would not be affected financially and the donor would get compensation through public money.

That's pretty much what I'm talking about in this thread, and am certainly NOT talking about allowing rich people to buy an early spot in donor lines or anything like that.

This is certainly an issue about barriers to entry. I am hoping that this is an area where science can help us produce a high-quantity of low-cost high-quality organs which have next to zero chance of rejection. Embryonic Stem Cell research and Adult stem cell research are excellent starts, but while SCNT should not be permitted now, when the need for stem cells increases due to practical needs, it should be allowed, but only to the point our stem cell population can be sustained without it.