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Blood is worth a lot, people know that already, and illegal blood farming exists in some countries. But paying for blood increases the risk of people lying abo

by d--b 9y ago

Blood is worth a lot, people know that already, and illegal blood farming exists in some countries. But paying for blood increases the risk of people lying about the quality of their blood, which is why the administration doesn't incentivize blood donations. Your argument about criminality is very wrong. Maybe I speak for myself, but I'd much rather be a criminal than a professional blood donor. People are not criminals because they have no other way...

keymone 9y ago
> risk of people lying about the quality of their blood this is where middlemen companies come into play, testing the blood and ensuring level of quality > People are not criminals because they have no other way sorry, i was not clear enough in my comment. what i meant is that opening up the legal way to sell blood reduces the incentive for criminals to do blood farming or human trafficking for the same purpose. much like legalizing marijuana will push drug traffickers out of the market.
bko 9y ago
In the US it's already legal to sell plasma, semen, eggs, bone marrow , breast milk, and rent wombs as a surrogate [0]. The legality of selling blood would not eliminate donations much like the ability to sell clothing does not eliminate clothing donation. Considering that there are negatives to selling blood (e.g. time, marginal risk, inconvenience, etc) I think some form of compensation is fair and would only increase the supply [0] http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/10-body-parts-you-can-legally-sell-for-big-bucks/ http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/10-body-parts-you-can-le...
- dsfyu404ed 9y ago
  >rent wombs as a surrogate If the tenant stops paying does the baby get delivered prematurely?
HarkMamilton 9y ago
Back in college I donated sperm for money. It's not like I was forced into it; it was just nice to have an extra source of income besides my student job. This also enables sperm banks to retain recurrent donors, which means they can afford to do very rigorous testing amortized over several dozen sperm samples. DNA screening, urine tests, blood tests, etc. That wouldn't be viable under the blood donation model. I've donated blood 5 or 6 times but I doubt even that's enough to make it worth the kind of testing they did on me as a sperm donor.

by d--b 9y ago

keymone 9y ago

> risk of people lying about the quality of their blood this is where middlemen companies come into play, testing the blood and ensuring level of quality > People are not criminals because they have no other way sorry, i was not clear enough in my comment. what i meant is that opening up the legal way to sell blood reduces the incentive for criminals to do blood farming or human trafficking for the same purpose. much like legalizing marijuana will push drug traffickers out of the market.

bko 9y ago

In the US it's already legal to sell plasma, semen, eggs, bone marrow , breast milk, and rent wombs as a surrogate [0]. The legality of selling blood would not eliminate donations much like the ability to sell clothing does not eliminate clothing donation. Considering that there are negatives to selling blood (e.g. time, marginal risk, inconvenience, etc) I think some form of compensation is fair and would only increase the supply [0] http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/10-body-parts-you-can-legally-sell-for-big-bucks/ http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/10-body-parts-you-can-le...

dsfyu404ed 9y ago
>rent wombs as a surrogate If the tenant stops paying does the baby get delivered prematurely?

HarkMamilton 9y ago

Back in college I donated sperm for money. It's not like I was forced into it; it was just nice to have an extra source of income besides my student job. This also enables sperm banks to retain recurrent donors, which means they can afford to do very rigorous testing amortized over several dozen sperm samples. DNA screening, urine tests, blood tests, etc. That wouldn't be viable under the blood donation model. I've donated blood 5 or 6 times but I doubt even that's enough to make it worth the kind of testing they did on me as a sperm donor.