It might help to explain what caused the government to make it illegal for someone to receive "valuable consideration" to donate a kidney back in 1984.
(In 1983, Dr. H. Barry Jacobs founded the International Kidney Exchange, a company intended to broker the sale of kidneys. He proposed matching wealthy recipients with "donors"—often from impoverished backgrounds or developing countries—who would sell a kidney for roughly $10,000, while Jacobs would collect a $2,000 to $5,000 commission.)
This resulted in ethical outrage which led Al Gore, who was a Congressman at the time, to include the language in law to prevent exploitation of the poor.
At that time only 9,000 people were waiting for a kidney and no one expected what was to occur in the future.
It might help to explain what caused the government to make it illegal for someone to receive "valuable consideration" to donate a kidney back in 1984.
(In 1983, Dr. H. Barry Jacobs founded the International Kidney Exchange, a company intended to broker the sale of kidneys. He proposed matching wealthy recipients with "donors"—often from impoverished backgrounds or developing countries—who would sell a kidney for roughly $10,000, while Jacobs would collect a $2,000 to $5,000 commission.)
This resulted in ethical outrage which led Al Gore, who was a Congressman at the time, to include the language in law to prevent exploitation of the poor.
At that time only 9,000 people were waiting for a kidney and no one expected what was to occur in the future.