A kidney transplant surgeon has taking this controversial stance on organ donation:

For the past several years, Matas, a longtime proponent for increased organ donation, has taken a rather controversial stance in the debate over the sale of organs.

“I’ve struggled with it,” Matas said. “There are tons of reasons for why one shouldn’t go forward with it.”

Why, then, does he believe in creating a regulated system of kidney sales?

The reason, Matas said, is simple.

“Every year there are more people added to the (organ) waitlist than we transplant, so every year the waitlist is getting longer,” he said.