Journal of Organ Transplantation
Open Access
An Ethical and Practical Dilemma: Legalizing the Sale of Human Organs
Feb 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-9359.jot-23-4839
Alana OppermannCorresponding author
There are over 100,000 people waiting for life saving organ transplants in the United States. To put this in perspective, even the largest football stadium in the U.S. could not fit this number of people. In 2021 alone, 6,000 people died while waiting for a transplant. Every day, 17 people die waiti…