Background 1.

In 1984, Congress passed the National Organ Transplation Act, which prohibits individuals from selling parts of their bodies for transplantation. As a result, Organs may be donated but not sold. Today, over 105, 887 people are on the national transplant waiting list, and about 17 people die each day, waiting for organ transplant https://www.organdonor.gov/learn/organ-donation-statistics

Discussion prompt #1. In a paragraph, should peolpe have the right to sell the parts of their bodies?

Background 2

A print advertisement from Biolife reads, " Get up to $975. Interested in becoming a new donor? Biolife, a plasma collection center is willing to offer donors as much as $900 for blood palsma.biolifeplasma.com

Discussion prompt # 2. Why do you think offering people money to donate blood is acceptable by society and not for kidney? Are the economic costs and gains any different?

Discussion prompt # 3. What is the rationale for why the governement bans the sale of live human organs, such as Kidneys with significant economic value to both buyer and seller, but allows the sale of close substitutes such as artificial limbs, joints, and heart valves? How is blood plasma different from Kidneys or the human heart? They both are from humans.

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