Well, first and foremost, if you remember
my tenure as surgeon general, I had to do that.
In an interview, Dr. Elders stated that her No. 1 priority for
her tenure as surgeon general was to «to do something about unplanned and unwanted pregnancies.»
While C. Everett Koop, during
his tenure as Surgeon General, came to advocate the use of condoms to reduce the AIDS epidemic, Dr. Elders's strong initial stands and colorful language are a far cry from anything that has been heard from a Washington official for some time.