During this class we discussed Part 3 of the Henrietta Lacks book. In this discussion we talked about how Henrietta should be remembered and if her family should be compensated and if so how.
This discussion got pretty heated and some people thought that her family should be given health care and that brings the questions of should the United States have universal health care. We also talked in class about how this happened to a lot of other people. It Brings up the issue that the other family's should be compensated.
Personally, I think Henrietta's family should be compensated for the selling of her cells and they should be given a chunck of the profits since her cells are still alive today. This would bother me if I was her family. I would ask to have the money adjusted for today's economy and be compensated that way.
Leslie Walter
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