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Originally Posted by HansTWN
In China you have to pay for medical services out of your own pocket. And they just stopped the "executions for organs on demand" a few days ago. At least officially.
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Are the services low cost at least? Are the prices similar to those in the States, or are they subsidized like here in Belgium? How "communist" can you be without some form of state subsidized medical care?
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Originally Posted by Billi
No. For me it would be exploitation if he didn't have a choice. But he was not forced to sell his kidney. He made the first step, he wanted to sell his kidney. He spoiled his health for a gadget. And I don't know anything about the Chinese legal system but I assume that his parents had to give their consent to the operation.
Edit: The last sentence was wrong, the mother didn't know anything of it.
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Well, is a 17 year old responsible enough to sell a kidney or not? First you said he was and then you assumed he needed parental permission. Something tells me you yourself are not too comfortable with your own position.
And fjtorres is spot on, the potential for exploitation of the most vulnerable is too high for most societies to accept some form of legal organ open market.