Do the Advancements Outweigh the Suffering?

            As we have been discussing the ethical and unethical opinions of medical procedures especially in regards to the Tuskegee study and Henrietta Lacks there are many things to consider.  Yet Henrietta was colored and many things Henrietta experienced were thought to be extremely unethical and if a white person were to ever experience the same things an out rage would occur. But, do you think if Henrietta happened to be white and they had continued treatment and discovered her immortal cells, would this information still have been released for sake of medical advancement, or maybe even made circumstances better because she was white? One of my main thoughts and questions is do you think even though individuals suffered from these treatments do you think the advancements in the medical field outweigh the suffering? Considering over time how many people there treatments have helped. Also as you read later in the book, Henrietta’s family wasn’t as upset about the fact of what the doctors did to Henrietta, taking her cells without consent, as much as they were about now knowing about what happened for years. Do you think if the family knew about the sampling and growing of Henrietta’s cells would things have been different? Below is a link from ABC news listing a few of the medical advancements of the HeLa cells and some comments from her family.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/henrietta-lacks-woman-cells-polio-cancer-flu-research-medicine/story?id=9712579#.UUutRaW27zI