While breakthroughs in science have allowed scientists to grow organs from stem cells, it still remains highly controversial. This brings us back to organ donations as the only way for a person to receive an organ that literally could mean the difference from life and death. But what about the organ donors, is it fair that they don’t receive some kind of compensation for their organs? Should there be a set price for an organ, or should organs be auctioned off to the highest bidder? The idea of selling organs is highly controversial and outlawed in the United States. I am against the idea of an individual having a right to sell their organs. I think that giving people the right to sell their organs will create a magnitude of problems including only wealthy individuals being able to receive organ donations, as well as people in poverty selling parts of their body they need just to make a quick buck. I believe that everyone should have the right to receive an organ, and it shouldn’t be reserved for just the wealthy that can afford it.
After reading the article Sell Organs to Save Lives my opinion on selling organs has not changed. While I understand that people have the right to do what they want with their bodies, I don’t think anyone has the right to sell their organs. The author of this article claims that allowing people to sell their organs could help reduce the backlog. While this might be somewhat true, I believe that the price of an organ would be far too great for most people in today’s economy to afford. I believe that the selling of organs would mean that only the wealthy could afford to receive organ transplants. I also believe that many people who would have donated their organs would not want them to be sold. This point is pointed out in the article, and shows that the selling of organs does not automatically equal a greater supply of organs.
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