In the article “Organ Sales Will Save Lives” by Joanna MacKay, argues that governments should not be allowed to ban the sale of organs. She also argues in favor of allowing the selling of organs, kidneys in particular. MacKay starts out by providing some background information about renal disease, a kidney disease, and possible treatments for it. She writes about how it could benefit the poor by getting them some money they desperately need; she also points out how the poor might be exploited. MacKay mentions the dangers of transferring a kidney, along with how studies have been conducted showing that a person can function just fine with one kidney. She tells us that controlling the world’s organ market would be difficult, but trying to manage …show more content…
MacKay talks about the dangers and risks of donating a kidney. She argues the fact that people are willing to put themselves at risks to play dangerous sports or do a dangerous job for profit. These are great points, it should be known that if kidney transplants become legal, the surgery will become more common and our surgeon will be conducting them regularly and thus getting better at doing the surgery. Also, new technologies will become available to make the surgery easier and less invasive. According to Stanford Medicine: Department of Urology, today with a 3 small puncture holes, each no larger than a dime or 5-12mm, a patient can have cancerous growth removed from their kidneys. This has come a long way since the same typical surgery would have a cut more like 100-500cm. In the next 10 years who know what kind of medical developments we will encounter.
In her article “Organ Sales Will Save Lives”, Joanna MacKay argues for the rights for people to sell their organs for profit. She is correct that it governments should not be allowed to ban the sale of organs. Governments should impose laws and regulations to protect both the buyer and seller. Rather than punish an individual for trying to profit for helping save someone’s life and the possibly the lives of their family members, we should be encouraging those people to help save someone in need by helping