Cause and Effect Argument Essay Assignment Literature & Language Essay

Lyubov Fedorchuk
ENG-106
Kevin Boyd
February 5, 2020
Ineffective Government Policies and Low-Donation Rates Amplifying Human Organ Trafficking
The number of organs needed for transplant across the globe exceeds the rate of organ donations. Besides, the number of people waiting on the transplantation list of northern America has seen a rapid increase in the need for live organs for transplantation. The growing need for organs has created a virtual market in the ecosystem that has resulted in the stemming of organ trafficking. Organ trafficking is attempting to address the challenge of the rising demand for the organs by different people who are very willing to pay heftily for the organs. The black market otherwise targets the vulnerable individuals across the globe to provide adequate supply as possible to its consumers even using the illegal way. Desperate for money, the poor are willing to give out a portion of their body for good money to sustain their living. Organ trafficking, caused by poor government policies, and the unwillingness of people to donate organs, is now hurting the lives of Americans and the government needs to find lasting measures to address the menace.
Increased demand for organs, caused by low rates of donation and ineffective government policies, has led to high cost of organ transplants and an increase in organ trafficking. The market for trafficked organs is thriving day after day, leading to growing concern as it elevates into human assassinations and killing in the bid to obtain the organs. Due to the long waiting list in most hospitals, organ recipients take an extra step to buy or seek for donors to help them relieve their young ones of pain or death. The black market is growing because the patients are willing to pay a lot of their money to those willing to sell them their organs. The aftermath of illegal transplanting of organs through purchasing of the organs has proven expensive especially when poor research and examination are not due to the donors. Some individuals may end up with health complications that are related to the donors of organs.
Improved donations from the many Americans that die daily would reduce the number of patients on the waiting list, the market demand for organs, and trafficking. Many deaths are still recorded every day and these people are willing to continue living but they cannot get help. According to Kindy, Bernstein, and Dan (np), more people are buried without donating their organs to those who need them most.  This case although it is still very delicate can be noted that more than 27000 persons who died in the United States in 2018 were potential donors but only about third could donate their organs. Organ donation is, however, carried out with care to avoid transmissions of other infections such as HIV and other infections that are native to the donated parts (Kindy, Bernstein & Dan np). In a real-life scenario, a mother whose daughter died of some drug overdose could not be allowed to get surgeons to take her daughter's organs due to her infection with hepatitis C (Cantarovich 52). Although the condition could be managed after transplant, it could not risk the life of the recipient and thus refused the donation.
The number of people dying awaiting transplantation is on the rise thus increasing the demand for organs and human trafficking. According to Kindy, Bernstein, and Dan (np), at least 33 people die daily still on the waiting list only in the United States, which the organdonor.gov (2020) estimates to 20 people per day as of 2019. These estimates are higher compared in 2018 where 17 people died every day without a transplant (United Network for Organ Sharing, 2020). According to statistics, more than 80% of the people living in the United States are potential donors (Friedrich, and Hartmut 192). However, the government seems to be doing little in encouraging people to come out and donate their organs. This is because the organs can be harvested legally by the donor's consent. Since trafficking of organs is illegal, citizens need to allow for their organs to be given to other people whether as live donors or when they pass away. This will play an important role in reducing the number of deaths of persons who are awaiting transplants at the hospitals which never come through and they end up dead (Moritsugu 245). Promoting goodwill and the will to donate organs upon death can be the right cause because; they can at least give their organs to extend the life of other people who are struggling in the emergency units or on the expensive dialysis systems. 
The United States adoption of an opt-in system where donors are allowed to consent to the donation of their organs while alive or dead is likely to increase donation rates and reduce human trafficking. The overall representation does not look appealing because statistics indicate that about 58% of the population has registered in the system as consenting to the donation of their organs upon death (Organdonor.gov, 2020). The 58% cannot die at the same time hence there is still a lot of people who need to consent to their organs as a donation for saving and extending the life of productive Americans who still need to work for their country. This compels researchers to...