WSJ: “Why We Need a Market for Human Organs”
The Wall Street Journal reports:
Gavin Carney, an Australian nephrologist, held a press conference in Canberra recently to urge that people be allowed to sell their kidneys. “The current system isn’t working,” he was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald. “We’ve tried everything to drum up support” for organ donation, but “people just don’t seem willing to give their organs away for free.”
For $50,000, however, some Australians probably would donate organs. This is the amount that Dr. Carney, a professor at the Australian National University, suggests the federal government, “with proper ethical controls,” should offer willing donors. He would have the government repeal the ban on kidney sales so it can purchase and distribute organs to patients languishing on dialysis . . .