For Sale: a human kidney
Was the proposed transaction legal?
Illegal in U.S. to buy a human organ
- “It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly acquire, receive, or otherwise transfer any human organ for valuable consideration for use in human transplantation if the transfer affects interstate commerce.”
- National Organ Transplant Act, 42 U.S.C. § 274e(a)(1985)
- What if bought elsewhere in the world?