I want to pick up on a post by Flagrant Harbour regarding the resale of human organs. I did a post on the general sale of organs before but it bears repeating in light of what Flagrant says. in his post Flagrant writes:
I knew and whose bar I used to occasionally drink at has turned out to be a very low human being who would stoop to selling organs from the conveniently timed executions of people set to die at the hands of one of the world’s most untrustworthy justice systems.
Whoever this Jonathan Hakim is, he should be vilified.
It would be nice to find out that I had this all wrong.
I want to make it clear I generally disagree with a government executing a prisoner and then harvesting his organs without consent – particularly in a country where the justice system is still in need of justice. However what about in other circumstances when ordinary people who die? Should they be allowed to exercise their right to sell their organs so that their relatives can benefit from the proceeds? Should more people be able to exercise their right to buy organs so they can have a better and longer life? David Holcberg did an excellent article discussing these issues. It can be accessed here. It makes a compelling argument for ending the ban on the sale of human organs.
