Organ trafficking is illegal in most countries around the world. There has been a recent increase in the buying and selling of organs worldwide. Why is this happening? The answer is simple; people everywhere are dying because they can’t get kidney transplants. The article, “Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism: A Commentary on the Global Realities,” was written on this topic by D. A. Budiani-Saberi who is the center of bioethics at the University is Pennsylvania. Throughout the article he explains that the black market of organ transplantation is becoming more and more evident. Budiani-Saberi states, “selling kidneys may be a consideration of ‘autonomy’ in academic debate but it is not the coercive reality of experience when a kidney sale is a desperate alternative available to the poor (1).” This illegal action is many patients’ last resort. The decision to buy a kidney off the black market is difficult and life changing. The new kidney could make the difference between life and death. As individuals we have the right to make decisions regarding our own bodies. The decision to give up one’s kidney to save a family member’s life is permissible, but we cannot choose to save a stranger’s life. In third world countries, selling a kidney could change their entire way of life. Families could transition from making one dollar per day to gaining ten thousand dollars in just a single day. There are pros and cons to making this life altering decision, but who is to say that the choice cannot be made individually.
when people participate in organ trafficking, are the majority of the people looking for kidneyts? or are there other organs that are difficult to get?
ReplyDeleteYes in most cases they are looking for kidneys but they can also get livers and lungs.
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