I have known several families who have done kidney donation within their family. Being a match and keeping their loved one off the list for donation.
Which got me thinking, should we be able to sell a kidney?
The average wait time for a kidney can be 3-5 years.
Buying and selling body parts is too much of a slippery slope. If people want to donate that's fine because it's for the right reason, but the second you put a price tag on it altruism goes out the door and opportunism takes over. I donated a kidney and I'd do it again if I could because the difference it made to the recipient's life was that remarkable. No amount of money could or should touch it.