Why can't you sell a kidney?

[whitehall]

You can sell pork kidneys and beef kidneys - just not human kidneys.

Why not? We give them away.

 

[whitehall]

OK, why not compensate the families of organ donors with a tax deduction? Maybe it could save the family farm from being lost when the survivors have to cough up an "estate tax" for the privilege of keeping the property they already own.

 

[AmyNation]

Should people be allowed to sell their organs? - CNN.com


^^interesting article,follows your theme of selling organs.

 

[whitehall]

Should people be allowed to sell their organs? - CNN.com


^^interesting article,follows your theme of selling organs.

Thanks Amy. I don't often agree with the 9th circut but in this case it makes sense. The argument that lower income groups could be "disproportionately targeted" (with offers of money?) doesn't hold water. It sounds like the bone marrow trade is a win win.

 

[Rob Smitty 2017]

The government loves it when close relatives donate extra organs for free. Why can't men sell an extra organ for profit?

Answer the question "Why can't people voluntarily sell themselves into slavery", and you'll also answer why we don't allow organs to be sold. Buying organs is just too much like buying people.

If you've ever cashed a paycheck, your being bought .

 

[anotherlife]

You forgot to say, that there is already a very extensive and international market for human body parts. So if you want to make money on your pieces, just contact them, they will cut you up for it real fast. Why are you involving the government?

 

[Unkotare]

..... No one thinks early term fetuses are persons. ....

You are wrong.

 

[Unkotare]

Of course it is. No one thinks early term fetuses are persons. But people do think actual persons are persons.

Once you declare body parts are a free market commodity, to be bought and sold at will, how do you stop standard civil law from applying to them? Do they count as assets? Do you have to fork over a kidney to settle your bankruptcy claim?

The slippery slope issues are very real. Shall we end up like China, and start harvesting the parts of executed prisoners? Why not? Shouldn't those criminals repay their debt to society?

The OP says absolutely nothing about harvesting organs from executed criminals. Rather, it talks of voluntary actions, free will and establishing a contract. All of which are legal acts in this country as long as such acts do not violate the rights of some other person. The OP says nothing about forcing a person to fork over kidney for any reason (your false example of bankruptcy), again, a voluntary act of free will with a contract.
Legally, I can sell whole blood, plasma or platelets. Why can't I sell a kidney to a person in need, or one of my eyes to a blind man? Why is a personal contract for those items somehow different than a personal contract for blood or labor?

one reason is becasue the howl will go up that only the "rich" are obtaining transplants and the process is no longer based on need.

Alternatively, the poor are not allowed to benefit (profit) off of a commodity that they posses.

Just a thought here.........
I am listed as a donor on my drivers license for any usable organs or parts if I die. Why not let me designate that donor ship as a salable commodity to my surviving children? Damn, if I die in an accident, why not let my children reap some benefit from my death?

Because it would be a stupid idea to give children a (another?) motive for killing their parents.

 

[SixFoot]

I'd rather sell my nuts since I no longer use them. Been married for 10 years, after all..

 

[anotherlife]

I'd rather sell my nuts since I no longer use them. Been married for 10 years, after all..

Then I have a idea. When the student loan bubble bursts too, we can do this for making the next bubble. With the good organ transplant technology, let's cut off everybody's dick, then loan it back to them. They will be more keen on paying the interest when we repossess their dicks compared to when we repossess their houses cars or other stuff.

 

[SixFoot]

I'd rather sell my nuts since I no longer use them. Been married for 10 years, after all..

Then I have a idea. When the student loan bubble bursts too, we can do this for making the next bubble. With the good organ transplant technology, let's cut off everybody's dick, then loan it back to them. They will be more keen on paying the interest when we repossess their dicks compared to when we repossess their houses cars or other stuff.

I see what you did there...