Confronting a Fetal Abnormality response

In reading this article I got the general sense that the doctor was very insensitive to the families wishes.
He seemed to get frustrated at the lack of fluent communication, when really they were trying their hardest. Then he said that he did not have the time to let the husband pray. I thought that was very insensitive and rude. We all know that different cultures and religions have different practices. If he was in that big of a hurry (which is understandable seeing as he IS a doctor), he could have let the man pray and then came back or something at least. The fact that he cut him off was unfair and uncalled for. Lastly, I found it very rude that he would go and tell the mother when he was asked repeatedly not to. The husband and mother both begged the doctor to wait until the woman was in a better state of mind to break the terrible news to her. But he was in such a rush or whatever that he told her anyway, even after specific requests not to. I thought that was awful. It is the patients choice, and he even said that to them. I guess I just didn't understand why he would do that.

"Welcome, Freshmen. DNA Swabs, Please" - Reaction

If the DNA Swabs were for the student's use only and it was 100% optional then I think it would be okay. Some college students would want to know how much alcohol they can safely consume. But if the tests were done as mandatory, or as the article says, as "a way of introducing incoming students to their classmates and to their college" then in that case I think it is a little wrong. No harm is coming to the student, but it still comes down to the fact that everyone should have the right to make that decision for themselves.
I could argue this either way. The article looks at the bigger picture and how it gives students the wrong idea when it comes to medical testing and such, however most kids are not going to see it that way. It's a very debatable and controversial topic and it's hard to determine what is right and what is wrong.

Possible Source - Research Paper

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This website is dedicated completely to the Nuremberg Trials. There is no direct information on the page of the link I provided, but it provides dozens of other links. Everything from the legal proceedings, the legal documents of the case, key documents used, and much more. It has a link for the testimony, the proceedings of the trials and so on. This website would be very useful to anyone looking more in depth at the trials themselves and what happened.

Write Prompt 10/19/2012

If investigators had taken cells/tissues from one of my family members without consent, honestly I don't think I would be as upset as they were in the book , specifically talking about Deborah. Despite what she thinks, no harm came from taking the cells. Granted they probably treated her worse because she was black and intentionally didn't inform her because of this. But what it seems to come down to is the money issue and that most of the family (excluding Deborah) wanted compensation for it. I understand why and their point of view. I also understand that everyone has rights to their body and what happens to it, and yes I agree with this. However looking from another view point.. if someone is asked to donate their cells to science, I feel as if most people in today's day and age would say yes. Why wouldn't a person want to? What possible reason would someone have for not wanting to help and possibly advance science? Especially if it meant that it could potentially help their children and grandchildren one day. This is why Henrietta agreed to what she did. The doctors told her it could help her children and prevent them from getting the cancer that she had.

Although, what the doctors did may have been very unethical, it was also unintentional I think. They had no idea what would happen when they took those cells. Plus in that day and age laws did not exist as far as consent went, and the lines drawn for that were not very clear at all.
We read the book and look at Henrietta's case and we think it was so wrong because of all the ethical issues and all the laws in place today. But if we put ourselves in that time period would it still seem so bad? I doubt  it. It was a common occurrance, no, that does not make it right. 

I guess I would say that I'm kind of on the fence with a lot of these issues. I could argue them either way.