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Brett Godfrey
English 106-O500
June 8, 2015
Professor Elissa Abbott
Organ Trades in the Black Market Are Not Helpful to the People in Need
In order to live on this earth we need to meet some very important requirements. Two of
those requirements are God and our bodies. In recent years our bodies have seemed to shape the
economy because a certain market called the “Black Market” has put a price on what makes our
bodies function. “NOTA’s prohibition extends to “human organ,” defined as “human (including
fetal) kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow, cornea, eye, bone and skin or any subpart
thereof and any other human organ (or any subpart thereof, including that derived from a fetus)
specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services by regulation”” (Cohen, 2012). What
makes our bodies function is organs because some are very major and contribute to our bodily
functions every minute of the day. Organs are a very important part of every person’s life. The
black market has hurt mankind in so many ways because it has increased crime in the organ
trafficking industry and made choices very hard for the less fortunate in hard financial situations.
The problem is that not enough of people are educated are educated about organ trade. Hopefully
this essay will teach the differences and maybe shed light on the horror that takes place in the
black market. This proposal essay will highlight the illegalities in organ trafficking, the choices
people make involving organ donation, the consequences or organ trafficking and hopefully
outline why organ trading is wrong and hurting the innocent.
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“When talking about trafficking in organs, we first of all have to move away from the
idea of crime rings snatching people to take out any kind of transplantable organ available in
order to sell it on the black markets because this business is mainly based on living donations”
(Meyer, 2006). The organ trafficking system is a phenomenon that takes many forms from the
aforementioned statement. People look at this as a myth here in the United States because it is
not talked about in the media as much as it is broadcasted in foreign countries. There is so much
wrong with organ trafficking because it puts innocent people’s lives at stake in vulnerable
societies. The black market is known to capitalize in areas of desperation and crime. “Still, this
phenomenon does include victims as well as organized criminals that get together due to certain
socio-economic circumstances as well as fateful decisions to improve their living conditions”
(Meyer, 2006). Basically, the rich are eyeing the poor. There have plenty of situations in other
