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Ohio Senate OKs Bill to Designate Oct. 4 as Henrietta Lacks Day
Ohio Senate · November 19, 2025
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The Ohio Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 111 to designate October 4 as Henrietta Lacks Day, honoring the Black woman whose cells, taken without her consent in 1951, became foundational to medical research, sponsors said.
The Ohio Senate on the floor passed Senate Bill 111 to designate Oct. 4 as Henrietta Lacks Day.
Senator Craig, a sponsor, told colleagues that Henrietta Lacks — diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1951 at age 31 — had samples taken at Johns Hopkins without her knowledge or consent.…
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