
51: She’s in OUR DNA?! Who is Henrietta Lacks?
Dark History
Henrietta Lax: A Bright and Caring Woman
Henrietta Lax was pregnant with her fifth child in the early 1950s. She felt pressure or like there was a knot inside of her lower area, and she kind of just put it off because pregnancy is pretty wild. Going to the hospital kind of gets put on the back burner.
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