Ethical Issue of Selling Kidneys
Loren Gilbert
Professor Childers
Biology 123
October 29, 2014
Ethics Paper This issue on selling your kidney is not always a bad thing there are some people that really need a working kidney to stay alive. If someone is willing to donate a kidney I don’t think that they should be punished or charged with a felony to help someone. Many people are having kidney failure every day and they should not be turned down for letting them have one of their kidneys that they do not need to live when someone who doesn’t have a working kidney needs. Waiting for someone to die that is healthy enough to donate their kidney or any other organ it might be too late to receive the organ.
Ruth Sparrow needed money for a surgery that ultimately she had to have; selling her kidney was the only way she would come up with the money to pay off the medical bills that carried on after the surgery. There are sperm and egg banks out there that they get the money for giving them away. If it’s not a danger to the person’s body or health than it should not be a crime for helping someone and receiving something in return. Many people cannot afford insurance or have money just piled up into a savings account that would allow them to pay off the medical bills that happens with one surgery. In the questions it asks if she is wrong for trying to sell her kidneys and I believe that it is not wrong that she could not afford the medical bills that went with having a surgery that she really needed at the time. Three reasons of why people might end up against payment for organs. One would be that they might not be able to afford the payments or they do not have to money to pay for the organ at the time it is needed. Second reason might be that their body might reject the organ that they just paid payment on. Thirdly that the donor might have a history of health problems that may appear later on after the transplant happens. I feel that a prisoner that is already going to die like the one in the Chinese
Professor Childers
Biology 123
October 29, 2014
Ethics Paper This issue on selling your kidney is not always a bad thing there are some people that really need a working kidney to stay alive. If someone is willing to donate a kidney I don’t think that they should be punished or charged with a felony to help someone. Many people are having kidney failure every day and they should not be turned down for letting them have one of their kidneys that they do not need to live when someone who doesn’t have a working kidney needs. Waiting for someone to die that is healthy enough to donate their kidney or any other organ it might be too late to receive the organ.
Ruth Sparrow needed money for a surgery that ultimately she had to have; selling her kidney was the only way she would come up with the money to pay off the medical bills that carried on after the surgery. There are sperm and egg banks out there that they get the money for giving them away. If it’s not a danger to the person’s body or health than it should not be a crime for helping someone and receiving something in return. Many people cannot afford insurance or have money just piled up into a savings account that would allow them to pay off the medical bills that happens with one surgery. In the questions it asks if she is wrong for trying to sell her kidneys and I believe that it is not wrong that she could not afford the medical bills that went with having a surgery that she really needed at the time. Three reasons of why people might end up against payment for organs. One would be that they might not be able to afford the payments or they do not have to money to pay for the organ at the time it is needed. Second reason might be that their body might reject the organ that they just paid payment on. Thirdly that the donor might have a history of health problems that may appear later on after the transplant happens. I feel that a prisoner that is already going to die like the one in the Chinese