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>Saying that kidneys should be "commoditized" to avoid the black market it's like saying that slaves should be legal to avoid people travelling in a container.
by ataggart 15y ago
>Saying that kidneys should be "commoditized" to avoid the black market it's like saying that slaves should be legal to avoid people travelling in a container.
The analogy falls apart when you consider that one can legally donate ones bone marrow, but one cannot legally donate a slave. Thus the distinction between the two is not predicated on whether one receives payment, which is the policy change being discussed.
>It's a moral statement: you can't put price on life or your body.
With organs, the law currently sets the price at $0.
- StatHacking 15y agoNo, it doesn't. Bone marrow regenerates, the same is for blood (which is a tissue). One thing is donating organs, other is donating tissues. While you may define an organ as a "set of tissues" (therefore, skin). In "transplantation slang" is commonly referred to "organs" as not regenerating ones, i.e. kidneys, heart, etc. As long as you can't sell it, there is no price at it.