ST> MS>> Rich Arabs from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait go to India for kidney
ST> MS>> transplants, because Indians with two good kidneys will sell one
ST> MS>> of them for  only about $3,000.
ST> 
ST> SB> As a person with a "universal donor" sticker on my driver's 
ST> license, 
ST> SB> I find
ST> SB> that whole practice to be repugnant.
ST> 
ST> MS>     I've got an "organ donor" designation, but I see nothing 
ST> wrong
ST> MS> with organ selling.
ST> MS>     A poor Indian may need (or be able to use) the $3,000 a lot 
ST> more
ST> MS> than an extra kidney!
ST> 
ST>    If he's that desperate for $3,000 you have to wonder what shape 
ST> his 
ST> kidneys (and other organs) are in though...
    They may be just fine, when you consider that $3,000 is a lot of money to 
the average Indian.
    $3,000 goes a lot further in India than in Pittsburgh.
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