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The international organ trade[1], for one. Survival is our strongest instinct; otherwise reasonable people will do reprehensible things to stay alive. (There’s
by woodruffw 3y ago
The international organ trade[1], for one. Survival is our strongest instinct; otherwise reasonable people will do reprehensible things to stay alive.
(There’s also familial coercion, but that wasn’t present in this case presumably.)
[1]: https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/R46996.pdf https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/R46996.pdf
- eru 3y agoThat international organ trade still operates as a black market. So it's hard to compare that with being less picky about organ donors. The very pdf you linked to even mentions 'Reducing U.S. Demand for Trafficked Organs' as one of the policy avenues to pursue to help combat trafficking of organs. Being less picky about donors in the US seems exactly like what you'd need to do to reduce that kind of demand. You might also want to look into the situation in Iran, where financial compensation for organ donors is legal.