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Is there any good reason not to allow trade in human organs?



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We happily agree to someone donating, say, a kidney to a relative, says HUGH V McLACHLAN. Why should we stop there?
BECAUSE there is a shortage of organs for transplants, many people die. So far, changes in legislation have been unsuccessful in cutting the number of deaths.

In the past, living people could donate their organs only to relatives or close friends...



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  • Last Updated: 17 July 2008 8:33 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Neil,

Glasgow 18/07/2008 12:03:03
Still total media censorship of the fact that NATO helped the KLA to dissect hundreds of Serbs (& earlier thousands of Albanians) to sell their body parts to our hospitals. To discuss the organ trade while censoring this Nazi obscenity is a bit like the German press discussing the "resettlement" of the Jews without mentioning Auschwitz.
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Maximus,

Roberton 18/07/2008 19:05:27
Surely allowing sale of organs perpetuates the myth that we humans have a monetary value - our value is priceless.
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Maximus,

Roberton 18/07/2008 19:06:13
We give ourselves as a gift.
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Hugh V McLachlan,

Elderslie 18/07/2008 21:09:47
#2 Maximus,

'Surely allowing sale of organs perpetuates the myth that we humans have a monetary value'

It would be wrong to reject particular policies on the basis that some people might erroneously draw false conclusions from their adoption.

 

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