Organs for sale?

You own your body correct? Therefore, I believe that you can do whatever you want with it.  Even if it means doing some crazy stunt that makes you almost lose your arm or even smoking a pack of cigarettes a day which can damage your lungs. All of these things are choices you make with your body.  This is why I believe a person should have the right to donate or sell his or her organs.  I would like to think that if a family member of mine got in a car accident and was in desperate need of an organ, that they would be able to supply it for them. Situations like this would not be solved if it was not for people donating or selling their organs.  

I believe that a person who wants to donate or sell their organs need to be 100% healthy.  If donating the organ jeopardizes the persons health at all I don’t think that it should be allowed. Therefore, I think the person needs to go through a few tests in order to double check they are healthy enough to loose an organ.

 Reading the article by Martin Wilkinson only makes feel even more sure that selling your organs should be legalized. I have actually read several articles on how organs are in need. I think that in order for people to not take advantage of this right there needs to be restrictions. As long as the person is healthy enough to donate, and the organ is effective and healthy then selling should be allowed.  If you don’t need to organ then there is someone else out there that may really need it. I don’t think there is anything wrong with selling something that you own, and your organs are something that you own. Therefore, you should be able to do what you please with them.

 

After too many years of declining lung function, Ted Gerbig received his gift of life in July 2003; a single lung donated by a Green Bay man, David Duranceau. David was an organ recipient, having received a kidney and pancreas on April 21, 2003, and an organ donor, when he died of an intra-cranial hemorrhage on July, 10, 2003. On July 11, 2003 Ted received David’s gift of life and is now living a happy, healthy and productive life.    For more information on how the Duranceau family is promoting organ donation, log on to: www.davidduranceaufoundation.com