Those in favor of the payment believe it would encourage more living donors to give a kidney to a stranger. Bioethicists say the idea is “horrific” and “immoral.”
  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    701·
    2 months ago

    The idea is horrific, immoral, and most of all dangerous. You don’t want to give anyone a reason to lie about their own health to sell a kidney.

    • just_another_person@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 months ago

      I kind of agree. The spirit of this idea is one thing, the reality of it another.

      Maybe more context is needed though. It seems they just want to incentivize people towards being identified as possible donors where very specific generic matches are necessary. So basically just giving a credit to get in the donor database.

      That’s not what this article reads like though.

    • capital@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      I’m no doctor but I believe testing could verify/falsify health claims. No need to just take people’s word for it.