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It should be legal to sell your own organs.

I have two kidneys and I only need one. Someone out there is about to have no kidneys and they only need one. But I probably won't give them mine because there's nothing in it for me. What's the good in that?

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Viper · M

In theory I agree... people should be able to sell their part, just like one in theory can sell their blood, sperm or eggs.

I think the reason they made it illegal (just guessing here) is because people were either selling other people kidneys, or doing sh!tty surgery and people were getting injured or killed or having great regrets due to sh!tty work...

But if you could regulate the high quality of the surgery taking it out, I agree people should be able to sell them.

Also, is the problem of rich people skipping the line just to buy them... which I'm not sure they should just go to the highest bidder, which is the other issue, and underground places will be set up to sell to the highest bidder.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@Viper If you want to, you could just overlay the "highest bidder" system on top of the donor one we already have and virtually nothing would be lost. It sucks that some rich fuck has a better shot at life bc they could put up 100 grand for a lung or whatever, but preventing them from doing so doesn't save the poor fuck who can't.

From what I've read, the reason why it's illegal really did seem like it just stemmed from an instinctive fear of commodifying parts of the human body, which I think is very natural but probably not strictly morally defensible.

Miram · 31-35, F

As long as the middle man/middle system does not get too much out of it.

Doing it for free should be a choice not an obligation.

It is funny that you will have to pay for the surgery because doctors have financial needs to fulfill , same for the hospital. And they get called heroes.

But the guy who actually was there on the table risking their life gets nothing and it would be selfish of them to ask.

itsok · 31-35, F

I think so too. And I don’t see why our organs aren’t able to be sold by our families after death if it’s possible

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Viper · M

@itsok

sold by our families after death if it’s possible

eh... because some jerk would totally kill a family member for the money...

I mean, if it's to cover cost of their funeral of something, maybe to take care of their children (maybe), but there would need to be clear limits so people aren't killing their family members for the money....

And see young children are the hardest ones, someone would be having a child, just to kill them and sell the part as that's where the highest money is... so no for babies.

I agree with an adult selling a part of themselves, but I'm not sure about others.

itsok · 31-35, F

@Viper I don’t feel like working out all the details. But organs are worth money. And that money doesn’t go to family or bills.
I’m sure family members kill each other for money all the time, that wouldn’t be anything new

Viper · M

@itsok very true, but I don't want to encourage murder anymore than it already is...

SW-User

If it's in your body, it's because you need it. Period.
Whereas technically you can function without a kidney, it won't be ideal and you are now putting yourself at risk.
I can understand taking that risk for a loved one. I can understand that some people have the kind of desperate times where they sell organs for money.
But it's not because you don't need it in your body.

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SW-User

@BlueVeins no bling would convince me to part with my kidney. 🤷

BlueVeins · 22-25

@SW-User That's fine, you don't have to. 💅

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

@SW-User I endorse this message.

checkoutanytime · M

No, thats actually called a black market, basically everything unions/democrats find repulsive

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BlueVeins · 22-25

@checkoutanytime Oh no, god forbid someone illegally cure cancer!

checkoutanytime · M

@BlueVeins isnt it rectial cancer? That has a promising elixer? I dought fetus enzymes play a roll, in a broken backdoor. Eating healthy organic foods, and refraining from anal sex are probably better odds than any concocksucktion scientist provide as an elixer. Dating back to warlocks and magicians, and back to babylon, there is nothi g new under the sun, is the safest bet of all.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@checkoutanytime First of all, stem cell treatments aren't an elixir; it's an implantation of cells. Cancer treatments in general are pretty unpleasant, idk why you'd default to it being an elixir. Second of all, organic food isn't known to reduce cancer risk. The evidence is mixed at best.

http://www.millionwomenstudy.org/publications/375/organic-food-consumption-and-the-incidence-of-cancer-in-a-large-prospective-study-of-women-in-the-united-kingdom

Third of all, cancer is kinda one of those things where you can do everything right and still get it; cancer is caused by cell mutations, which can happen thanks to ionizing radiation (which we all have in some amount), free radicals, or even viral infection. The idea that we can just live good lifestyles and complacently abandon science research is silly in the extreme.

SW-User

@BlueVeins Seeing just your side of your conversation with checkout is making me lol. After calling him an idiot like five times today, he finally blocked me. 🤭

BlueVeins · 22-25

@SW-User help me my brain is melting

HellsBelle · 36-40, F

I actually agree. A person should have complete and only control of their bodies. Even if it harms them. It harms only them.

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

OMG. You are not going to start selling your organs. Period. PERIOD. I feel... queasy.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

I agree. There should be a financial compensation system in place. So many people would sell a kidney, or a piece of their liver.

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