Sale of human organs should be legalised, say surgeons.

Summery

According to leading transplant surgeons and professors, the sale of human organ should be legalized. The legalization of organ sale is a good option to reduce the list of people who are waiting for an organ donor. In the current system, everyone gets paid except for the donor. The legalization would also cause the black market to be destroyed of dramatically reduced. People are now travelling to other countries for an organ transplant and often require additional surgery in the UK. The opposition states “we don’t believe we should commercializing parts of our bodies”. It might encourage people to sell their organ, with disregard for the risk involved.

Opinion

I am a liberal, and that is why I believe someone should have the right to sell their organ if they want. However, I do believe we should protect people from taking unnecessary risks. Before donation the donor should go through a program which makes them aware of the risks they are taking. There should also be a legal and medical (background) check. This will decrease the risk but unfortunately not completely.

Link

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/sale-of-human-organs-should-be-legalised-say-surgeons-2176110.html