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Actually I'm in favour of a free market for kidneys. Some folks have two kidneys and need money. Some folks have no kidneys and plenty of money. We shouldn't fo

• kscaldef 16y ago
  You left out the people with no kidneys and no money. They are the reason people frown on selling organs. (That, and the question of whether all the donors would actually be voluntary.)
  • orangecat 16y ago
    They're in need of charity regardless; allowing compensation doesn't change that, and would likely make the required charity less expensive by increasing the supply.
  • hugh3 16y ago
    Some people think it's sad, I think it's natural selection.
• silverbax88 16y ago
  I could possibly obtain many kidneys, in return for plenty of money. In fact, I believe this is the whole point of not having a free market for body parts.
  • hugh3 16y ago
    What? That some folks might start buying 'em (very expensively, the transplant surgery alone is tens of thousands) to throw away just for shits and giggles? I'd say that's the least problem with a free market for kidneys.