Health

Should people be allowed to sell their organs for money?

For

It can save lives and reduce illegal trade.

Against

It exploits the poor and treats the body like property.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • the patient gets an organ quickly and can go on with their lives. the donor gets a sizeable compensation
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  • the illegal organ trade which hurts people currently will most likely die out with tighter regulation
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Against

  • This would result in poor people out of desperation carving themselves up.
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  • only those that could afford to pay higher and higher prices could get a transplant.
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