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Argumentative Essay: Full Body Transplants

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A loving 70-year-old man, once filled with happiness and hope, received a heart transplant. While he is fully functioning today, he takes about 15-20 pills a day. Fighting to live every day and taking pills are the ways he can survive; even to this day, his red and white blood cells cannot accept his new heart. If this tragic event can happen to an old man, what does this mean for the other recipients? Does this mean the full body transplant recipients have to take 60 pills per day? 90? Full body transplants are costly. If heart transplants alone cost thousands of dollars, full body transplants will cost even more. Also, what if this procedure does not work? This procedure is risky. When having a new body transplant, this is a game of death; …show more content…

A full body transplant places a burden on one’s family members. The family’s freedom and happiness are taken away from them because of the full body transplant recipient. They have to constantly check in and take care of the recipient, worrying whether they will live to see another day. Although Opinion 1 believes full body transplants are a wonderful option for those who have been paralyzed, I do not believe this to be true. I mean, yes, the family members are able to visit and see the full body recipient live, but continuing to live is a greater burden within itself. When your family fears how long you live, it is better for a fully body transplant recipient not to take place and for the person to just let their death occur. This way the family does not have worry for you anymore; this death can allow them to move forward. Also, what if the transplant does not work? These means thousands of dollars are going down the drain. Paying for a full body transplant is extremely expensive; with the surgeries, this can lead to thousands, if not millions of dollars. If a person dies, this will mean the family paid for many treatments and surgeries all so the recipient can die. Thus, this leads the family to go into financial crisis and debt; after the potential recipient’s death, the family will have to pay off these debts. It might take months or even years for this to …show more content…

We own our own bodies. If we have someone else’s bodies, this is not our own. Although the brain might be the same, everything else different. Living is different. We do not necessarily feel the same way we did in the past. Our bodies and our routine have completely changed. We are forced to take many, even hundreds, of pills a day just survive; taking pills is not fun. While Opinion 2 said treatments are risky but an amazing option if it were possible, I disagree with this belief. Full body transplants are risky, though, this does not mean it will be an amazing option if it did work. Full body transplants cause a person to go through a physical and mental change. On the outside we look different. Yet, on the inside, we have this feeling of disowning our new bodies. We are in a body that is not our own, not to mention our new and tedious routine of pills. Pills during the day, pills during the evening, and pills during the night. Our entire day is consisted of taking pills just so we can live to see another day. Just so we can continue to breathe. In addition, I definitely do not side with Opinion 3. Full body transplants are not impossible. If genetic engineering were to happen, full body transplants are to happen, as well. Full body transplants are not necessarily unethical; it is just not my preference. If someone really did want to live, I believe they should have a full body

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