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In a 2003 issue of the Chicago Tribune an editorial featured the idea of organ sales to alleviate the needs of patients requiring organ transplants. The idea was not new and has been explored before. This article is important because it uses supportive research that could be used to eventually sway government officials to lift the ban on organ sales.
According to The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, “98,046 people are waiting for an organ” (OPTN). Last year in 2007 there were, “28,352 transplant surgeries, and 14,313 donors” (OPTN). Right from these numbers you may have questions. There were twice as many surgeries as donors? The reason for this is because, “some of the recovered organs are from deceased donors and these are not counted” (Organdonor.gov). The difference in numbers is not significant. What is significant is that only one quarter of the people waiting for an organ get one every year.
The numbers are quite startling. These......

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