Mass. Bill Alows Inmates to Swap Organs for Less Prison Time. Ethics Experts say it's Exploitative
The new bill would allow incarcerated individuals the option of donating their organs or bone marrow in exchange for a reduction in their sentence.
“There is a profound concern for coercion and the ability to voluntarily consent given the magnetic pull of the quid pro quo of sentence reduction,” Margaret R. McLean, senior fellow at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University in California, told Yahoo News. “I worry that this is a case of ‘selling’ organs and tissues, not for dollars but for priceless freedom.”
Margaret McLean, senior fellow, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, quoted by Yahoo News.
Feb 3, 2023