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Because that is illegal. In the US, there is the National Organ Transplant Act which forbids paying for organs. In this law, bone marrow is considered an organ.
by jules 15y ago
Because that is illegal. In the US, there is the National Organ Transplant Act which forbids paying for organs. In this law, bone marrow is considered an organ.
> It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly acquire, receive, or otherwise transfer any human organ for valuable consideration for use in human transplantation if the transfer affects interstate commerce.
> [...]
> The term ''human organ'' means the human (including fetal) kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow, cornea, eye, bone, and skin or any subpart thereof and any other human organ (or any subpart thereof, including that derived from a fetus) specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services by regulation.
-- http://www.livingdonorassistance.org/documents/NOTA.pdf http://www.livingdonorassistance.org/documents/NOTA.pdf
- jambo 15y agoSeth Godin and others pledged money as an incentive for a donor, but revised the offer after learning that the original offer was likely illegal. "He now promises the money to the first person who matches Gupta, regardless of whether that person goes through with the transplant: no quid pro quo." In a separate case, there is an ongoing lawsuit attempting to overturn the ban on offering payment for marrow donation. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-11/web-bone-marrow-bounty-takes-on-paid-donor-ban-virginia-postrel.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-11/web-bone-marrow-bou...
- cop359 15y agoBetter be in jail but alive (with free health care btw.) then dead. You could do the procedure overseas.
- pessimizer 15y agoThe contract wouldn't be enforceable.
- AndyKelley 15y agoYou could hire a trusted middle man.
- baddox 15y agoIs it illegal for the person selling as well? It probably isn't worth going to jail for selling your marrow.
- mahyarm 15y agoWhy not go to the region of india where he's most likely to get a match, and give 10 dollars to people there for checking, and another 5000 to a match that goes through and get the surgery done in india?