Henrietta Lacks Persuasive Speech

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HEY! If you give someone something,is it yours or is it theirs? Well take a second to think about it, and yes it also does depend on the situation.How about if the doctors take your tissues without permission to study it,would it still be considered yours?Well, I think that it would theirs,And You will see why in a little bit.

Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cancer in 1951.Samples of her tissues were removed to be studied without permission.Now do you think that her tissues would belong to her or the doctors?Well, I think that it would be the doctors because they are trying to find a cure for her cancer.Yes, I understand that it would still be hers because it was taken without permission,but it was taken for a good cause.

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