Senator Ben Cardin @SenatorCardin
In 1951, Henrietta Lacks was a young mother who went to The Johns Hopkins Hospital, one of the few hospitals that would care for poor Black Americans, to be treated for cancer. While there, health providers removed her cells without her knowledge or consent. — PolitiTweet.org
Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen
The debt of gratitude we owe Henrietta Lacks can never be fully repaid. But we can work to right this historic wron… https://t.co/bPVSjqjBoC