Deborah Kotz's Article: Legalization Of Organ Selling
Legalization on Organ Selling
Idaho State University
Bishal Thpa
Dr. Thomas Pfister
English 1102-17
5 December 2013
Legalization of Organ Selling
Deborah Kotz’s article on “Women can Sell their Eggs, so why not Kidney” is basically about the legalization of organ transplantation. In this article she argues if women can sell their eggs then why not kidneys? She wants organ selling to be legalized. She also has mentioned other writers like Sally Satel who also thinks organ selling should be legalized (p. 430)... Organ donations will certainly help people in need but lots of other factors come into play with the legalization of organ selling. As a result of legalization on selling organs, a global black market in …show more content…
Unlike kidneys eggs can be reproduced by female body. So donating eggs does not degrade lifestyle. Although she is right that donating eggs includes a surgery hence it is more dangerous than donating sperm but in contrast with the removal of kidney from the body it does not change the lifestyle after a person recovers from the surgery. According to Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia under the title Hypertrophy, when one kidney is surgically removed leaving only one kidney to function number of cells can be increased resulting hyperplasia which in rare cases may lead to cancer (p. 51). Kidney donation involves major surgery, and there are risks including bleeding and infection unlike eggs donation. Women have also died from strokes due to the Lupron injections and increased cancer rates in women. Aside from this, some women have also experienced complications from surgery, such as nicked arteries, have had their ovaries twist (torsion), and have produced far more eggs than is recommended because they are hyper stimulated to produce as many eggs as they can by doctors. Women aren 't sufficiently being informed of these risks before they agree to become egg "donors." After one of the kidneys is removed the patient should spend time recovering in the hospital and at home. With time the remaining kidney will enlarge as it takes on additional blood flow and filtration of wastes. When the job of two kidneys is done by only …show more content…
During this process no person should be exploited and donor should be given with all the health facilities and donor is the one who should be taken care of. In reality converse is always true. In “Organ Sales: Compromising Ethics” R Cohen (2006) argues that the laws barring organ sales are intended to protect those who, out of economic desperation, would be harmed by those with more money(p. 608). These laws were made to protect the most vulnerable member of the society, but in reality it does not seem to happen. Organ donation should be advantageous to both, the donor and the receiver. It should be done in order to save someone’s life but in today’s world it looks like it saves receiver’s life but donor has to sacrifice
Idaho State University
Bishal Thpa
Dr. Thomas Pfister
English 1102-17
5 December 2013
Legalization of Organ Selling
Deborah Kotz’s article on “Women can Sell their Eggs, so why not Kidney” is basically about the legalization of organ transplantation. In this article she argues if women can sell their eggs then why not kidneys? She wants organ selling to be legalized. She also has mentioned other writers like Sally Satel who also thinks organ selling should be legalized (p. 430)... Organ donations will certainly help people in need but lots of other factors come into play with the legalization of organ selling. As a result of legalization on selling organs, a global black market in …show more content…
Unlike kidneys eggs can be reproduced by female body. So donating eggs does not degrade lifestyle. Although she is right that donating eggs includes a surgery hence it is more dangerous than donating sperm but in contrast with the removal of kidney from the body it does not change the lifestyle after a person recovers from the surgery. According to Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia under the title Hypertrophy, when one kidney is surgically removed leaving only one kidney to function number of cells can be increased resulting hyperplasia which in rare cases may lead to cancer (p. 51). Kidney donation involves major surgery, and there are risks including bleeding and infection unlike eggs donation. Women have also died from strokes due to the Lupron injections and increased cancer rates in women. Aside from this, some women have also experienced complications from surgery, such as nicked arteries, have had their ovaries twist (torsion), and have produced far more eggs than is recommended because they are hyper stimulated to produce as many eggs as they can by doctors. Women aren 't sufficiently being informed of these risks before they agree to become egg "donors." After one of the kidneys is removed the patient should spend time recovering in the hospital and at home. With time the remaining kidney will enlarge as it takes on additional blood flow and filtration of wastes. When the job of two kidneys is done by only …show more content…
During this process no person should be exploited and donor should be given with all the health facilities and donor is the one who should be taken care of. In reality converse is always true. In “Organ Sales: Compromising Ethics” R Cohen (2006) argues that the laws barring organ sales are intended to protect those who, out of economic desperation, would be harmed by those with more money(p. 608). These laws were made to protect the most vulnerable member of the society, but in reality it does not seem to happen. Organ donation should be advantageous to both, the donor and the receiver. It should be done in order to save someone’s life but in today’s world it looks like it saves receiver’s life but donor has to sacrifice