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Episode 299: The Rights of the Dead

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Can You Sell Kidneys in the United States?

With only one exception, sales of kidneys from living persons are legally prohibited in every country on the planet. The exception is going to be Iran. How does Iran end up with the most reasonable answer in the family of nations? Now the other example we can give is plasma. Some countries allow buying and selling of plasma from live persons. The United States is one of the most European countries prohibit this as just many provinces in Canada.

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