Kara Swanson All Experts

Associate Professor of Law

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Kara Swanson In the Media

Kara Swanson for Northeastern

Should human organs be for sale?

“I’m not arguing that all body products should be collected and distributed in the same way,” says Kara Swanson, an associate professor of law at Northeastern University, “but I think that history suggests that we would be well-served by setting aside our instinctive fear of paid body products as an historic artifact.”
- by Jason Kornwitz April 9, 2015
3Qs: Banking on the body

Are body products like blood, milk, and sperm marketable commodities, gifts to help others, or both? Kara Swanson, an associate professor of law with expertise in the history of science and medicine, explains the origins and consequences of the debate in her new book “Banking on the Body.”
- by Jason Kornwitz May 9, 2014

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