DetectableNinja's Tournament: Sale of Human Organs

I will attempt to show to you that the sale of human organs is beneficial to the well being of society through its medical advances.Sale of human organs is more effective for saving lives than the donation act A. Waiting ListIn 2009, there were 14,360 organ donors, and 105,567 people on the waiting list. The gap (between donors and people on waiting list) is steadily increasing. [1] People can spend years waiting to get a matching donor, and many die still waiting. The sale of organs will give people an incentive to give their body parts, and will increase the chance of someone being able to get a match before their time is up. Instead of signing up for organ donation upon death, a person could agree to selling organs upon death, and the money would go to their beneficiary. Also, kidneys and livers, two of the most commonly needed organ transplants, can be taken out without detriment to the person's health. With an incentive to make money off of these parts, more parts will become available. More people will have the ability to get their transplant. It makes sense that a person should be able to pay money to get their needed organ and save their life. B. Donors don't benefit from their risky gift Donors give their organs for free; but doctors make money off of the organ. In fact, the surgeon, the nurse, and the pharmacist make money off of the transplant. It only makes sense that the most pivotal person in the transplant, the donor, gets something for his efforts as well. The legalization of the organ trade will give the person what they deserve for risking their own body parts.Black MarketBecause of supply and demand, human organs are a huge seller on the black market. People ransack through dead corpses and steal their body parts, and sometimes even kill to get a part. According to insurance companies and hospitals, a lung alone will go for over $100,000.00. [2] Human parts sold through the black market are not always sanitary, and the background of the organ is unknown, which is required for a successful transplant.Black Market organs are extremely risky, but those on the brinks of death are desperate to have a transplant. Once the sale of human organs becomes legalized, the need for illegal organ sale will decrease exponentially, because people would opt for the safer surgery. This will save lives.Fossilized Body PartsFossilized body parts are pivotal in science research to determine our history and ancestry. This type of research not only has medical benefits, but helps mankind as we come closer to finding the truth of where we came from. The archaeologists, palaeontologists, and other researchers of our ancestors are generally underpaid. The Nationwide Science Foundation concluded that professionals in the natural sciences make less money than most other professions such as teaching, administrative, etc. [4] So who is to stop these researchers for making more money off of their hard work? The sale of the body parts to other scientists, museums, etc. would help these people make a decent living off of their craft.Custom- Made body partsNow, this picture might creep you out at first, but it is actually a good thing. Scientists Bob Langer and Joseph Vacanti have developed a process of cultivating tissues to grow into human body parts. [3] These are in fact actual human organs (we can look at the definition to see that it qualifies, and also we know that a person born from artificial insemination is still a human.) The body part is grown, cut off of the rodent, and the rodent remains healthy afterward. Research is still being done on this, but we can see a clear road ahead towards manufacturing these body parts to use on people in need of them. The scientists who spent such time and effort on this advancement should get paid for their products. ConclusionWe can see instances where the sale of human body organs is beneficial to us. Legalizing the sale of human organs allows them to be used in surgery and research to save lives, and live more comfortably. 1. http://www.organdonor.gov...2. http://editinternational.com...3. http://www.pbs.org...4. http://www.nature.com...