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A Market in Human Kidneys Is a Bad Idea

Such a plan would further our society’s ongoing descent into a crass utilitarianism that looks upon the weak and vulnerable as resources ripe for harvest.
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A Market in Human Kidneys Is a Bad Idea
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Wesley J. Smith
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It is sometimes said that desperate circumstances require desperate measures. But desperation can also lead to the exploitation of the vulnerable. Such would be the case if we created a market in live-donation human kidneys.

Wesley J. Smith
Wesley J. Smith
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Award-winning author Wesley J. Smith is host of the Humanize Podcast (Humanize.today), chairman of the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant to the Patients Rights Council. His latest book is “Culture of Death: The Age of ‘Do Harm’ Medicine.”