DetectableNinja's Tournament: Sale of Human Organs

The Waiting ListTwo main points were brought up here. The first was that the price of the organs will decrease, so it won't matter much anyway. This isn't necessarily the case. Take into account how many people have religious reasons not to donate their organs. The demand will remain high because donating organs is risky to an alive person and might conflict with religious beliefs of a deceased person. Remember, a lung alone is worth about $ 100,000. Even if the price decreases by 70%, that will still be $30,000. And that is just one body part out of many. That lifts a huge burden off someone on the brinks of death. The second point was that people will always opt to sell their organ rather than to donate. We cannot say that this will be true for all cases, especially when it involves a matching family member, but we can accept that many people will opt for the sale. This is okay, there can be organizations made to help people pay for these organs. Donors don't benefit from their giftIt is true that surgeons should be paid well because of their training. Should this deflect from what the donors are doing; putting their lives at risk to give someone else the chance to live? Why should the donors get the shaft? People get paid for spreading life through giving their sperm and eggs, so why should organs be treated differently?Custom Body PartsThis is a viable solution to organ sales. Let's think about how many people would buy these organs if they had a chance. They could be produced much more readily than the rate at which an organic organ would become available. With such a huge demand for organs, based off of the organ waiting list, we know that these will sell. So how much should the scientists be paid for their services? My opponent said that they should be paid for developing the technology, which they should. But what about the product itself? With such a high demand, the scientists should not have to work producing these organs for free forever. Organ sales have no benefit to societyHere, it is said that many people will be left out of getting their organs if human sales are legalized. How is that any different from the many people who are left out now, due to the slow process of organ donations? If someone has the ability to pay for an organ that will save their life, it is their human right to do so. My opponent again asks how sale of organs will decrease theft of organs. We have already established that when human organs become available for sale, the demand for a risky procedure will drop, causing a decrease in the theft of them."While it can pick up some of the slack, charity can't be depended on to do what the market can't."I would like to leave you all with this quote made by my opponent. This is exactly where we are at right now with the trade of human organs. Charity has become the only way for someone to go about getting an organ that they might need in order to save their life. This is risky because it simply is not efficient enough; people are dying waiting to be donated to. It is true that charity should not be the sole supplier of a product; charities should be established to assist the market rather than override it. The sale of human organs will benefit the majority of people in a much greater way than the current system.Thanks to my opponent for a great debate!