Organ Market Controversy

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Phoebe Pulido Professor Fleming Composition I April 19, 2010 “Organ market is not an option at all.” Life is full of obstacles. It has its ups and downs. At the same time, life can be so complicated when it comes to decision making. In the case of organ market controversy, some people get in a trap and leave them with two choices. Which is more important a person’s moral dignity or money? As of now, United States is in the middle of controversy whether U.S. should allow organ market in the country or not. Many people had pushed the same proposal years ago, but the government keeps aborting it. And again, Dr. Scott Halpern, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Bioethics, is calling the same approach for a drastic change in the organ system. He said that if the government had a better organ system, there will be a decreased rate of people dying each year and lesser medical cost paid by the government. Halpern also conclude that having an organ market would totally boost organ donors (Huchison 1). The way I understand his statement, he is basically blaming the current organ system for the increasing number of people dying each year waiting for an organ to be donated. His reason doesn’t change my point of view. I think the government of U.S. should reject the idea to start an organ market in the…show more content…
On the other hand, I am glad that ethics is still more powerful than law. So if ever the government changes the law of making organ market legal in the U.S., the decision of selling human body parts would still be in the hand and judgment of the person in the situation. Money is nothing compared to a person’s moral dignity; everyone is priceless. Over all, I remain and strongly believe selling organs is

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