15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do It!
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🗓️ 29 December 2010
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Help me 23 year old female. |
| 0:05.7 | Healthy 23 year old female. |
| 0:08.7 | No smoking, no drinking, no drugs. |
| 0:11.6 | No smoking, no drinking, no drugs. |
| 0:14.9 | No mental health issues. |
| 0:16.5 | No mental health issues. |
| 0:17.9 | Interested in becoming an egg donor. |
| 0:19.7 | Interested in becoming a kidney donor. |
| 0:23.0 | Let me help you start a new life. |
| 0:24.8 | Let me help you save your life. |
| 0:27.6 | Price? Negotiable. |
| 0:29.0 | Price? Negotiable. |
| 0:31.8 | One of these one-ads is perfectly legitimate. |
| 0:34.7 | The other, make it you thrown in jail. |
| 0:37.1 | A young woman selling one of her eggs. |
| 0:39.1 | It's an acceptable way to pay for college. |
| 0:42.4 | Young woman selling her kidney to raise cash? |
| 0:44.9 | Well, that's just... |
| 0:47.9 | Repugnant. |
| 0:49.5 | Why? |
| 0:50.5 | Well, yeah, there are differences. |
| 0:53.0 | Harvesting an egg is much easier than harvesting a kidney, and we only have one kidney to spare, |
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