With over 100,000 people on the waiting list for an organ transplant in the U.S., many people have resorted to paying for their transplant in a foreign country. As a result, global trafficing in human organs has increased. In addition, some countries have developed elaborate systems to pay for organs from living donors, a practice that is said to particularly affect the poor and uneducated in negative ways.

• What are the justice issues involved in this new form of medical tourism?
• If a living donor can do without an organ, why shouldn't the donor profit and medical science benefit?