December 13, 2007 3:06PM 

# Cult Kidney Donations 

By [Sigrid Fry-Revere](https://www.cato.org/people/sigrid-fry-revere) 

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Today’s *Wall Street Journal* has an [article](http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119747536833823793.html) on live kidney donation as a form of charity. Half the members of a Christian sect have gone through the surgical operation of donating a kidney to a stranger. The article questions whether pressure from “cult” members creates undue influence. Social and government pressure to donate both at death and while living is mounting. See Cato’s recent Policy Analysis [“A Gift of Life Deserves Compensation.”](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8780)

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