I'll sell you my kidney, mang Options

[pandora]

Should there be compensation for organ donation?

[ersatz]

Perhaps J.C. is hesitant to agree for compensation because donating organs involves surgery. If there was compensation involved, many poor people would undergo dangerous surgery just to get some money, and perhaps they would do this a bit too often. No, you may not NEED this one kidney, but it is quite nice to have it. Donating blood requires just a bit of your time, and if you're small, you might pass out, but it generally does not require too much of a hassle, and your body can recreate that lost blood. Donating hair is nothing; just go into the hair salon and cut it off, and again, you will naturally get it back. Donating organs is surgery -- it's dangerous, it requires recovery, it alters your own body.

[brooklyneast05]

Perhaps J.C. is hesitant to agree for compensation because donating organs involves surgery. If there was compensation involved, many poor people would undergo dangerous surgery just to get some money, and perhaps they would do this a bit too often. No, you may not NEED this one kidney, but it is quite nice to have it. Donating blood requires just a bit of your time, and if you're small, you might pass out, but it generally does not require too much of a hassle, and your body can recreate that lost blood. Donating hair is nothing; just go into the hair salon and cut it off, and again, you will naturally get it back. Donating organs is surgery -- it's dangerous, it requires recovery, it alters your own body.

^yes, i would be concerned with that


i think i'm just confused on this whole debate. i'm not sure if we're trying to talk about organs that you give while you are alive or after you are dead. at first i was thinking trish was saying that if you signed up to donate your organs when you died, you would get paid compensation straight up when you signed up for it. which i still can't fathom why someone wouldn't sign up to donate their organs once they are dead.

on the other hand, i guess if there were compensation there would be more incentive to donate. more donated organs would mean more people got them.

i don't know, i'm still against it for now, until i hear more that would fix all the kinks.