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The problem with slavery is that the people doing the selling didn't have the permission of those being sold. Right now in Nevada you can legally rent a person. Prohibitions against selling organs, against prostitution, against narcotics, and (some arguments[1]) against abortion come down to the idea that no, we really don't "own" our own bodies, in the sense that we're not allowed to do what we want with them.

To borrow Ben's argument from a recent thread, if there were a clear and easy prohibition against the sale of human organs to be found in the constitution, there wouldn't be so much debate about it. Or at least the debate would be completely different.

So no, the sale of human organs has nothing to do, constitutionally speaking, with slavery. And the constitution doesn't seem to have anything clear to say about whether or not we own our own bodies.


[1] There is also the position -- honestly held by many people -- that the fetus is also a whole person deserving of rights. </tangent>
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come down to the idea that no, we really don't "own" our own bodies, in the sense that we're not allowed to do what we want with them


There's a LOT of precident for that statement. We're not allowed to inject certain items into our bodies. We're prohibited from taking certain actions (including, in some places, sodomy, suicide).
     Alito against abortion - (andread) - (31)
         WT figures that's a mark in his favor. - (mmoffitt)
         Not that much of a stretch - (bepatient) - (27)
             of course it is constitutionally protected - (boxley) - (26)
                 Protection by exclusion - (bepatient) - (17)
                     The people. - (mmoffitt) - (8)
                         Correct. - (imric) - (2)
                             Correct. Amendment 9 gives us a right to ... - (mmoffitt) - (1)
                                 and machine gun alito will get it for us :-) -NT - (boxley)
                         Was thinking of Ten - (bepatient) - (4)
                             Powers are not rights :-) - (boxley) - (3)
                                 I gotcha - (bepatient)
                                 Who are you, and what have you done with daBox? -NT - (drewk) - (1)
                                     daBox always needs to know daLaw :-) -NT - (boxley)
                     Coming in late - (jake123) - (7)
                         well why cant you sell a kidney on the open market? -NT - (boxley) - (2)
                             Monopoly granted to professional medical associations. - (jake123)
                             You mean on Ebay? - (Simon_Jester)
                         Heard of eminent domain? Wasn't there just a USSC ruling? -NT - (drewk) - (3)
                             Re: Heard of eminent domain? Wasn't there just a USSC rulin - (jake123) - (2)
                                 Not true - (drewk) - (1)
                                     Follow-up... - (Simon_Jester)
                 Of course??? - (ben_tilly) - (7)
                     took slavery 78 years - (boxley) - (6)
                         There is a key difference - (ben_tilly) - (5)
                             Indians inhabit sovreign nations with US borders - (boxley) - (4)
                                 In that case my point stands - (ben_tilly) - (3)
                                     Merging Nevada with Calif. was once considered - - (Ashton) - (2)
                                         Actually, part of Nevada is California . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1)
                                             And, of course, - (jb4)
         If Ed Meese was his mentor.. and he gets in - - (Ashton)
         Then he shouldn't have one -NT - (tuberculosis)

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