[Joe 6-pack]

I think it was Walter Williams who addressed this in an article some years ago. He opined that one of the aspects of true ownership was the ability to sell or otherwise dispose of property, and if indeed you had no right to sell an organ than you truly didn't own it yourself (of course his argument was much more detailed and elaborate, but that was just the quick summary).

In an organ transplant, the donor who actually is giving up the organ has to do so voluntarily, but in general, gets nothing out of it than good will. Yet, the surgeon removing it gets paid to do so. The hospital that provides the ER gets to assess a fee for use of the OR. The organ transportation team gets paid to ship the organ. The transplant facility and transplant surgeon, nurses, hospital staff, etc. all get paid.

In other words, every body who has a role in transplanting an organ gets paid for their role in the procedure except the donor who made it all possible.

Doesn't seem quite fair to me.

[Covenantor]

Lol !
Beat me by a second...slow mobile connection

;>)

[matthew fuller]

It seems to me, in my simple Redneck mind, that there is already precedent for this- I have heard that it is common procedure for folks to transfer their blood to the blood bank for recompense. I have never done this, and I am not sure if this is (still?) correct.