ENG-106
Benchmark Assignment
Rising numbers of patients in search of life-saving organ transplantation have resulted in
a variety of ethical dilemmas. In a futile effort to escape mortality, more and more patients
continue to search for unconventional ways of seeking a human organ to replace their defective
organ. Countries around the world have been pressured to prohibit patients from buying these
organs while they consider immoral. In 1984, the National Organ Donation Act 'established the
Organ Procurement Transplantation Network, a national mechanism for matching organs and
persons in need,' but rather than keeping up with demand, the list of patients in the network has
seen a 700 percent raise over 24 years (Brannon, & Batkins, 2016, p. 7). One of the reasons for
the scarcity of organs for transplantation is the regulations that prohibit the selling or exchange
of human organs. In today's American society, people have a vast amount of freedom to do as
they want for their bodies, like bringing an end to the life of an unborn child in the name of
granting a woman the right to do what she wants for her body. It is with a sense of confusion that
one must ask whether the statute forbids people from selling their organs to save the lives of
others. Owing to the unmet need for human organs, "hundreds of thousands of people are waiting
for organ transplantation, fueling the black market for human organs" (Leitner, & Capitanini,
2014, para. 8). Present laws penalizing the payout of organ donors fuel the black market by
reducing the number of donations, which adds to the misery of transplant patients, do not offer a
, legitimate choice for those seeking donation for money and encourage black market organ
traffickers to manipulate both donors and recipients.
There is a strong need for human organs for transplantation, but the number of donors is
painfully limited. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are nearly
75,000 people on the waiting list for organs as of 2014 in the United States, but only about 6,000
or so live organ donors annually to fulfill this need (2014, para. 1). When a person, or an
individual's child, has been on the waiting list for an organ that can save his or her life for
months or years without any clear possibility of matching, one might feel immense despair. A
clear solution is to expand the supply of organs to satisfy demand. The clear roadblock to
satisfying demand is the ban on the selling of human organs. By prohibiting the selling of human
organs, the United States has sentenced thousands of people to what is, for many a slow,
agonizing death. One can go no further than Iran to see if the legalizing of organ transactions
would bring an end to the deficit or patients' organs. Far from being a flawless scheme, Iran pays
donors for their organs, which has resulted in a certain type of waiting list; eager donors are
waiting for patients who need their organs (Rosenberg, 2015). Through authorizing organ
purchases, Iran no longer has a lack of live donors desperately seeking a chance to save another
person's life. This illustrates how powerful motivator money can be to draw more donors.
At present, it appears like everybody, except for the donor, is willing to make money off
the donation of the individual's organ. Hospitals, hospitals, insurance providers, and travel firms
have all made considerable gains, although the citizen placing him or herself at risk of saving the
life of another person is excluded from seeking benefits by statute. It sure appears out of place to
accept a human organ of worth when engaging with those who facilitate or work in the organ
transplantation business, yet to reclassify the organ as nothing more than a voluntary donation
Benchmark Assignment
Rising numbers of patients in search of life-saving organ transplantation have resulted in
a variety of ethical dilemmas. In a futile effort to escape mortality, more and more patients
continue to search for unconventional ways of seeking a human organ to replace their defective
organ. Countries around the world have been pressured to prohibit patients from buying these
organs while they consider immoral. In 1984, the National Organ Donation Act 'established the
Organ Procurement Transplantation Network, a national mechanism for matching organs and
persons in need,' but rather than keeping up with demand, the list of patients in the network has
seen a 700 percent raise over 24 years (Brannon, & Batkins, 2016, p. 7). One of the reasons for
the scarcity of organs for transplantation is the regulations that prohibit the selling or exchange
of human organs. In today's American society, people have a vast amount of freedom to do as
they want for their bodies, like bringing an end to the life of an unborn child in the name of
granting a woman the right to do what she wants for her body. It is with a sense of confusion that
one must ask whether the statute forbids people from selling their organs to save the lives of
others. Owing to the unmet need for human organs, "hundreds of thousands of people are waiting
for organ transplantation, fueling the black market for human organs" (Leitner, & Capitanini,
2014, para. 8). Present laws penalizing the payout of organ donors fuel the black market by
reducing the number of donations, which adds to the misery of transplant patients, do not offer a
, legitimate choice for those seeking donation for money and encourage black market organ
traffickers to manipulate both donors and recipients.
There is a strong need for human organs for transplantation, but the number of donors is
painfully limited. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are nearly
75,000 people on the waiting list for organs as of 2014 in the United States, but only about 6,000
or so live organ donors annually to fulfill this need (2014, para. 1). When a person, or an
individual's child, has been on the waiting list for an organ that can save his or her life for
months or years without any clear possibility of matching, one might feel immense despair. A
clear solution is to expand the supply of organs to satisfy demand. The clear roadblock to
satisfying demand is the ban on the selling of human organs. By prohibiting the selling of human
organs, the United States has sentenced thousands of people to what is, for many a slow,
agonizing death. One can go no further than Iran to see if the legalizing of organ transactions
would bring an end to the deficit or patients' organs. Far from being a flawless scheme, Iran pays
donors for their organs, which has resulted in a certain type of waiting list; eager donors are
waiting for patients who need their organs (Rosenberg, 2015). Through authorizing organ
purchases, Iran no longer has a lack of live donors desperately seeking a chance to save another
person's life. This illustrates how powerful motivator money can be to draw more donors.
At present, it appears like everybody, except for the donor, is willing to make money off
the donation of the individual's organ. Hospitals, hospitals, insurance providers, and travel firms
have all made considerable gains, although the citizen placing him or herself at risk of saving the
life of another person is excluded from seeking benefits by statute. It sure appears out of place to
accept a human organ of worth when engaging with those who facilitate or work in the organ
transplantation business, yet to reclassify the organ as nothing more than a voluntary donation
