Organ donating is a great thing, but after reading an article I feel that allowing people to sell organs is taking it too far. Many ethical issues must be taken into consideration such as the following. Selling a body part may lead people to view organs as another commodity. Our bodies are special and are our own and definitely should never be used to pay the mortgage or be exposed to such risk.
I feel that it is too much of a risk for people to donate organs such as a kidney. They will forever live with the fear that they may some day need it when facing serious injury or illness.
I also want to address that poor people will most obviously use the method of selling organs more so than the wealthy. The poor should not be utilized out of desperation for money because that directly takes out the true definition of “voluntary”. Voluntary would mean giving organs without the request of money; a genuine human notion.
After reading a pro-selling article my opinion does slightly stagger. Wilkinson makes a great point that each person has a choice on what to do with his or her body. Each day someone does something to his or her body not linked to organ selling that is criticized by at least one person. Who is to say what is ethical or not to do to your body? It is also hard to ignore the fact that organ selling may increase the supply of organs, which could save thousands of lives. But would the donor’s health be affected by losing organs? If so, to what severity? That is my biggest concern when viewing organ selling as an option.pro-selling article
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