Organ Sales will Save Lives

Every year 300,000 people suffer from kidney-related diseases. Dialysis and kidney transplants are the only way to keep the person living healthy and well. However because dialysis is tiring, expensive, and only temporary there are a few other options. When the patient cannot find a fit donor in their family they are put on the deceased donor list. Even though technology has improved the average wait for a new kidney is 10 years. In 2000 around 2,500 awaiting patients in the United States passed away awaiting their new kidney. In order to prevent being part of the 2500 some patients go to the extremes of purchasing kidneys off the black market and going forward with illegal operations in foreign countries. However these kind of operations would not have to take place if the government regulated the sale of human organs. In foreign countries people are practically giving away their organs for free in order to keep a roof over their head and food on the table for their family. We should not be able to tell a person who is willing to help another that they cannot donate their organs just because of the risk they are willing to take. Millions of people take risks everyday and should be able to make their own choices as responsible adults. The current fine for being caught illegally selling ones organs is a $50,000 fine and a five year prison sentence although is not usually enforced. I believe that even though studies show that an impoverished person selling one's kidney actually worsens their state of health in the long run they should be able to do what they feel will save their family from starvation or other debts. The government should not tell people what someone can or cannot do with one's body. Critics say we are just make the poor poorer and sicker. By legalizing the sale of organs we can watch regulation better than ever before by ensuring the seller of fair compensation. Regulation would also protect the buyers operations gone bad and ensure their health with the kidneys while the black market cannot. If you are someone who is suffering from any kind of disease you would do anything to become healthy again. We should help those in need by allowing the sale of organs and save lives.