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Should Organs Be Sold?

By Nancy Coddington | June 27, 2016

POINT TAKEN airs on WSKG TV Tuesday June 28th, 2016 at 11pm

Everyday over 3,000 new patients are added to the kidney waiting list? @Point Taken’s next debate asks if organs should be sold. Tell us what you think.

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Each week, POINT TAKEN debates a topic Americans care about. We deliver smart, interesting guests who can disagree without being disagreeable. Come learn something you didn’t know, and maybe laugh a little.

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