The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’, a New York Times Bestseller written by Rebecca Skloot. A book through which several meaningful topics are addressed and brought to light, one of the most significant being, whether or not people should be given legal ownership of, and/or control of their tissues. It is my belief that people should have ownership rights over their own body and what is derived from it, after all if an individual doesn’t have rights over their own body what rights do they have?
On a regular basis, individuals are having their blood drawn, tissue removed, or even removing a body part with absolutely no information despite their consent on certain procedures, on what happens to those removed samples. It should be legally mandatory
On a regular basis, individuals are having their blood drawn, tissue removed, or even removing a body part with absolutely no information despite their consent on certain procedures, on what happens to those removed samples. It should be legally mandatory