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Old 05-07-2008, 12:46 PM
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Well, for one it would help increase the black market for organs by making it more difficult to monitor and control. This would result in an upswing in crime that affects many people outside of merely you and the buyer.
No, it would have the exact opposite affect. If it was legal to sell your kidney in an open market then there would be no need for a black market.
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