Three approaches of organ donation are the pro organ donation stance, cannibalism view of donation and rich/poor controversy.

Organs which can be donated include the heart, intestines, kidneys, lungs, liver and pancreas.  The following tissues can be grafted for donation include, bones, corneas, femoral veins, heart valves, skin grafts, small veins and tendons.  Organs that can be donated from a living donor include the lung, partial liver or pancreas and the kidney.

Most of the world’s religions support donation of organs as a charitable act  of great benefit to the community.  Those who donate their bodies do so to save other lives.  From one person’s body many dying people can be saved.  Thousands of people receive heart transplants every year.  These transplants have given the recipients a new life, one that they would not have had without the procedure.  Many who decide to donate their organs feel that their life and death will always serve a purpose. 

Some consider organ donation as cannibalism, which is morally wrong.  The wrongness of cannibalism consists in treating the human body as a mere object for use, a source of supply, rather than as an entity valuable in itself.

A black market has arisen among organ donations.  This is often referred to as the “transplant trade outside of the United States.”  Many who donate their organs are often impoverished and those that can afford black market organs are typically well-off.  In many cases those who are put on waiting lists for the legal organs for long lengths of time may die while still on the waiting list.  While most first world nations have a legal system of oversight for organ transplants, the fact remains that demand far outweighs supply.  Those who contend that those who can afford to buy organs are exploiting those who are desperate enough to sell their organs.   Continuing black market trade creates further disparity on the demand side.  Only the rich can afford such organs.