MONEY MORAL DILEMMA: Should Britney sell her blood?

Bargainetta

I'd say yes. No problem. I had a boss who sold his blood during his hippie days in order to get home from Morocco when the money run out. As a woman, though, I would say she may possibly need to consider iron + vitamin C supplements if she notices, for instance, her scalp becoming flakey. That can be a sign of low iron reserves. I always find even relatively cheap ones like those from Superdrug do the trick.

barvid

olly300 wrote: »

As a blood donor I don't agree with this.

I know people who can't give blood for different reasons - this includings fainting when trying to donate, medical conditions and simply not being heavy enough.

Also worth bearing in mind that some people are prevented from giving blood, e.g. those who have conditions which require daily medical (epilepsy being a good example). The constant presence of drugs in their blood can mean that they cannot be donors.

phyllis13

I have regularly donated blood for the last 30 years, but there has been the odd occasion when the NBS have refused to bleed me. It's for the donor's protection so I happily accept it.

However, I once saw an ad in a London paper that said a clinic would pay £65 for a donation. Having been declined a few weeks previously by the NBS I thought I'd give it a go. I didn't 'need' the money but, at that time, I decided that if the NBS didn't 'want' my blood, I'd give it to soembody that did and make a bit of cash to boot.

I've only done it on the one occasion and the procedure lasted a lot longer than my usual, and I'd only consider doing it again in similar circumstances.

pywackit

If she takes on three jobs she won't be in any fit state to give, or sell, her blood.
Far better to sell it until she gets back on her feet, sticks to her morals by paying off her debts (after all someone looses out somewhere if she doesn't) and goes back to donating blood once she can afford to do so.
Hopefully the research that is carried out on her 'sold' blood will also eventualy help others.

mossy

I'd say absolutely yes....then once her debts are sorted she can start donating blood through the blood donor service as she previously did. The scenario implies she's trying hard to get out of debt and selling her blood would be a good opportunity for her raise funds seeings as she's tried ohter fund raising things already...she wouldn't be selling her blood to be money grabbing and greedy she would only be doing it to sort out her financial situation.

IainCMartin

Where do I sign up to be paid ?

bumblesquat

If she's struggling with money and there's an offer of payment if she gives the same amount of blood as she would normally, then why shouldn't she do it.

It's a shame that the Blood Donor Service isn't getting it but she's in need and she's done a good thing giving blood to them already, I'm sure the offer of being paid would only be a limited one so she should take it while it's available and the Blood Donor Service can have some more when she's back on her feet.

tiamai_d

andybuchan wrote: »

Perhaps the problem would be solved if blood transfusions were only given free to those that make donations during the year. If you needed a blood transfusion and had not donated then perhaps you could be charged £100 per pint you accept. This could then be paid to the people that had donated the blood in the first place as all blood donations are now well recorded.

Well then, I'd be £900 in debt because I needed blood after having my son and had never been allowed to donate blood prior to that because I also had blood when I was a baby.

If I were given the chance to 'sell' blood, and I needed money to pay off debts, then I would.

barri_2

harryhound wrote: »

Somehow, from personal experience, I don't think many of the creditors, who probably include friends and family, will think bankruptcy is the morally superior choice?

Can we assume that this blood is going to be used as a lab ingredient, that is why the company is having to buy it; and not pumped into a living patient? I'm thinking of the role that buying blood from people (druggies?) with nothing left to loose; has played in HIV, hepatitis etc. I think we should be proud of the donor culture we still have in the UK, where do you draw the line: Bone marrow? Kidneys? Surrogate Pregnancy?

Tread carefully, should a rich George Best type character be able to jump the Q & buy a kidney?

Are our bodies our property to do with as we see fit?

As a very occasional blood donor, I would NOT volunteer to give this healthy young daughter of mine the money to stop her selling a pint or two, if she sees that as the thing to do. So why do I draw the line at flogging off a kidney?

Harry.

Going bankrupt is immoral, unless you are forced to it. Also, old people are not allowed to donate blood; I'm not sure of the cut-off age but I'mm 77 and too old. Barri.

dronid

I would say that if she needs the money, without a doubt yes! It's a particularly galling question for me as I could, under similar circumstances and assuming that the blood is not to be used for operations but for experimentation, donate blood under these circumstances. Sadly I can't donate to the NHS - ironic as a reasonably fit and healthy man. It's very frustrating for me!:mad: