Pros And Cons Of Commercializing Organs
Would it be ethical or unethical for the government to allow people to buy and sell their organs? With commercializing Organ transplant the possibilities of unethical practices not to mention all the legal ramifications involved regarding this matter has been up for debate for years. Since 2003 there are more than 115,000 men, women and children awaiting organ transplants (1). Commercializing the sale of human tissue has been considered inhumane, irresponsible and totally unacceptable. In 1984 congress passed the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA).
Violating NOTA could lead to harsh penalties including a 5 years in prison sentence and a fine of up to 50,000 (2). NOTA makes organ trafficking illegal in the United States and …show more content…
First if commercialization is legalized the process of finding suitable donors would be a challenge because of the scarceness of human tissue and possible matches. Favoritism and unfair practices must be considered. Would it be morally right to deny someone a transplant because their too old? Or to deny someone another transplant operation because the first attempt failed?
Medical technology is ever increasing and advancing, soon the possibilities of useable organs and tissues will increase. Companies that choose to harvest human organs must be carefully watched to make sure people are not taken advantaged of and those companies were not out to receive organs clearly for profit. Second how would they get these organs? Some would ask, if not by private donations such as cadavers, fetuses, animal parts, mechanical devices and homeless people or by murder (3). There are two issues here in question.
I think the government does allow the sale of tissue and organs to some degree. Look at Stem cell research. There’s money to be made in the production of stem cell research. Is this act morally wrong to do? Medical technology is advancing more and more and with this advancement, the number of possibility for organ sources greatly increase. Organ donation is one legalized way to donate precious organs to awaiting
Violating NOTA could lead to harsh penalties including a 5 years in prison sentence and a fine of up to 50,000 (2). NOTA makes organ trafficking illegal in the United States and …show more content…
First if commercialization is legalized the process of finding suitable donors would be a challenge because of the scarceness of human tissue and possible matches. Favoritism and unfair practices must be considered. Would it be morally right to deny someone a transplant because their too old? Or to deny someone another transplant operation because the first attempt failed?
Medical technology is ever increasing and advancing, soon the possibilities of useable organs and tissues will increase. Companies that choose to harvest human organs must be carefully watched to make sure people are not taken advantaged of and those companies were not out to receive organs clearly for profit. Second how would they get these organs? Some would ask, if not by private donations such as cadavers, fetuses, animal parts, mechanical devices and homeless people or by murder (3). There are two issues here in question.
I think the government does allow the sale of tissue and organs to some degree. Look at Stem cell research. There’s money to be made in the production of stem cell research. Is this act morally wrong to do? Medical technology is advancing more and more and with this advancement, the number of possibility for organ sources greatly increase. Organ donation is one legalized way to donate precious organs to awaiting