A Britain Surgeon is calling for the organ trade to be legalized and regulated.

From The Independent:

One of Britain’s leading transplant surgeons calls today for the illicit international market in donor organs to be legalised and brought under the control of governments.

Professor Maqsood Noorani, who has witnessed the harm done by transplant tourism, said there was a worldwide shortage of organs which was being exploited by unscrupulous operators, who were putting donors and recipients at risk.

Living donors in poor countries such as Pakistan, where he has worked, needed compensation for their organs and it should be the responsibility of the government to provide it rather than leaving it to the market, Professor Noorani said.

His remarks will reignite the debate about the ethics of paying for organs and the need for regulation of the burgeoning market. An estimated 40,000 patients are waiting for a transplant in western Europe, more than 6,000 of them in the UK. Fifteen to 30 per cent will die on the waiting list.