The Miracle Woman

I would like to discuss the story "The Miracle Women" By Rebecca Skloot, after reading this story I was left feeling horrified and disgusted. First that not one of those doctors even told her they would be taking samples from her to try and grow cells from. She should have had to sign consent forms or at least verbally agreed to this process but this never happened. Did this happen to her because she was a colored woman? Would this have happened to a white male at this time? After the cells began to grow rapidly someone then should have contacted her to let her know that they would be duplicating and sending out  millions of these cells to other doctors for research. From sending these cells everywhere a multibillion-dollar business was born, and yet Henriettas family couldn't even afford health insurance. Considering that so many medical developments were made from HeLas cells don't you think the family should have reaped some of this benefits?