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Any Argument in the Storm: Postrel Gets It Wrong on Kidney Donation
Virginia Postrel is picking a fight with the National Kidney Foundation for saying that paying organ donors would be an "affront" to unpaid donors and that it would "cheapen the gift", according to The New Yorker. Taking them on, living unpaid organ donor herself Virginia Postrel says that NKF's argument... (read the rest)
Husband Wants Kidney Back
Many divorces turn acrimonious, but a New York divorce has turned potentially life-threatening. But a new litmus test has emerged for real acrimony: has your soon-to-be ex asked for a donated organ back? Only then do you know you are in a truly deadly divorce! According to Newsday, a... (read the rest)
Anyone Have a Spare Kidney to Sell?
Thanks to a tip from Christopher MacDonald from his Business Ethics Blog, we've learned that the sale of live kidneys will be permitted in Singapore thanks to new legislation just passed there. The rationale? Donors should be compensated for their time and effort, but not to be induced into donating.... (read the rest)
Unfortnately, this isn't the plot from a bad horror movie
There's a story in NYT today about an illegal transplant operation just outside New Delhi that's been forcing people to "donate" their kidneys: As the anesthetic wore off, Naseem Mohammed said, he felt an acute pain in the lower left side of his abdomen. Fighting drowsiness, he fumbled beneath the... (read the rest)
Organ sales gain support
The Wall Street Journal has a long article about the growing (cautious) support for organ sales in the United States: "There's one clear argument for sales," [transplant surgeon] Dr. [Arthur] Matas told a gathering of surgeons earlier this year. The practice, currently illegal in the U.S., "would increase the supply... (read the rest)
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