It’s not difficult to feel bad for the woman at the center of the story (who’s been separated from her child) without condoning her actions or ignoring the fact that other passengers were greatly inconvenienced/put at risk.

Well, except they kind of did. If the baby is in government custody and the woman was forced to fly back to Taiwan. I know she’ll get the baby back soon, but I still think it’s cruel to mandate a separation of a newborn from his mom. She couldn’t have stayed in the US for two weeks?

ME: How do you know?

Had she arrived still pregnant, that almost child would have mattered greatly to Texas, but since the baby had already been born, they would not have cared about it at all.

There is always risk involved in surgical medical procedures, there is also a long recovery period, and it does limit physical ability for a while. People who are in poverty, who are more inclined to sell their kidneys, have higher risk of complication and fewer employment protections.

My father-in-law is one of the foremost urologists in the south of India (very proud of him, this is an unabashed brag, please forgive me), and he told me about the number of people being promised big payouts by middlemen recruiters for their kidneys, but ultimately being treated as spare-parts, getting a fraction of…

are you fucking kidding with this shit?

First, it’s major surgery, so there is definitely a risk there. Anesthesia is risky even for the healthiest of people. Second, although your lone kidney will enlarge, it will never perform to the same standard as having two functional kidneys. You have two functional kidneys for a reason. You end up at higher risk for…

Except the problem would be poor people selling their kidneys and it’s pretty much a guarantee that lowers your life expectancy and also it allows for rich people to have access to better healthcare and honestly opens up a whole other can of worms.

Oh I agree with you! And I actually do support Sanders and teh Post Office idea ( and actually, the Post Office at one time DID do psuedo banking services for the working poor- that’s why you can still go and get money orders, travellers checks and mini storage from the PO).