http://overlawyered.com/2006/05/a-free-market-in-body-organs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-free-market-in-body-organs Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 02:04:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://overlawyered.com/2006/05/a-free-market-in-body-organs/comment-page-1/#comment-13401 Dr.C Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:48:13 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2006/05/a-free-market-in-body-organs/#comment-13401 Gee, I thought the threat of identity theft was bad enough ... Gee, I thought the threat of identity theft was bad enough …

]]> http://overlawyered.com/2006/05/a-free-market-in-body-organs/comment-page-1/#comment-13400 Bob Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:23:38 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2006/05/a-free-market-in-body-organs/#comment-13400 This is ridiculous. Where would you draw the line? These rules are humanitarian in nature. Selling a kidney might not sound like a big deal, but the poor are going to be the most likely to be forced into these kind of markets. Would you really approve of a market that allowed impoverished mothers to donate their body parts to feed their starving children? I sure hope not. What if we weren't talking about kidneys. What about an arm or a leg? Would you really want to live in a country in which the poor citizens' highest earning potential was to serve as a bodyfarm for the richest members of society? This article provides a best-case scenario and is not a reflection of the issues that prevent such a market from being created. This is ridiculous. Where would you draw the line? These rules are humanitarian in nature. Selling a kidney might not sound like a big deal, but the poor are going to be the most likely to be forced into these kind of markets. Would you really approve of a market that allowed impoverished mothers to donate their body parts to feed their starving children? I sure hope not. What if we weren’t talking about kidneys. What about an arm or a leg? Would you really want to live in a country in which the poor citizens’ highest earning potential was to serve as a bodyfarm for the richest members of society? This article provides a best-case scenario and is not a reflection of the issues that prevent such a market from being created.

]]> http://overlawyered.com/2006/05/a-free-market-in-body-organs/comment-page-1/#comment-13399 markm Wed, 31 May 2006 16:30:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2006/05/a-free-market-in-body-organs/#comment-13399 As long as bankruptcy and divorce courts can't consider your organs as assets... As long as bankruptcy and divorce courts can’t consider your organs as assets…

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