The Black Market Exploiting The Donor - 1745 Words

Proposing a Solution to the Black Market Exploiting the Donor: Legalizing the Sale of Human Organs, In Hopes of Putting the Black Market Out of Business Right now in the U.S. even with all the advanced technology, there are more than 120,000 people currently on the UNOS organ transplant waiting list. With the wait being so long for an organ, people have become desperate in order to save their life. With this number being so large, it is hard to believe that there is a new name added to the list every twelve minutes. By names being added daily and not enough organs to go around, the death toll is an average of 21 people daily because their number never came up for their life-saving organ (Small-Jordan, 2016). Among these 120,000 people†¦show more content†¦The brokers of the black markets tend to prey on low economic areas because these people are uneducated and are desperate for money. The brokers knowing the situation tend to exploit the donor in every transaction that is made. In order for the black market not to be able to explo it the donor, organs sales should be legalized because then the donor could receive better medical attention, guarantee the donor is compensated fairly, and help shorten the currently long waiting list. The way the black market works is that the broker goes to very low economic areas and preys on the people who are desperate for money. Many of these people who live in areas such as these are not very educated when it comes to what all is involved. Like any surgery, during an organ transplant surgery, there are always risks. Since the black market is an illegal operation, the donor is not made aware of these risks and there are many times when the donor is forgotten once the surgery has been completed. While these donors are being forgotten there are times when the donor needs further medical treatment after surgery (Shafer Cunningham, 2011). The brokers through the black market don’t concern themselves if further medical attention is needed because they have already got ten what they wanted and the donor is no longer needed by them. Different doctors around the world have been voicing