Legalization of organ trafficking
Hello Rabbi,
Recently, I was debating again about the issue of kidney donation, and I came up with an idea that could perhaps address the macro problem of those waiting for a transplant by legalizing organ trafficking in Israel. What do you think about that? (There is an entry on Wikipedia in English that expands on the issue a bit ).
On the surface, it seems to me that the main reason for denying the legalization of organ trafficking is to prevent the exploitation of people in financial distress to be tempted and sell their organs. But what lies behind this argument is the assumption that kidney donation is an act that involves a lot of risk and people in financial distress may be tempted without exercising appropriate judgment regarding the degree of risk. But the assumption of high risk is less true today in light of the development of modern medicine, which has made the process relatively safe.
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