Letter from M. Joycelyn Elders, Antonia C. Novello, C. Everett Koop, Julius Richmond, S. Paul Ehrlich, Jr., and Jesse L. Steinfeld to Edward M. Kennedy

Letter from M. Joycelyn Elders, Antonia C. Novello, C. Everett Koop, Julius Richmond, S. Paul Ehrlich, Jr., and Jesse L. Steinfeld to Edward M. Kennedy

Contributor(s):
Richmond, Julius B. (Julius Benjamin), 1916-2008
Elders, M. Joycelyn
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Steinfeld, Jesse L.
Ehrlich, S. Paul, Jr
United States. Congress. Senate
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Novello, Antonia C.
Publication:
Produced: 7 February 1994
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In this letter, as well as in subsequent Congressional testimony, then current U. S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders (1993-1994), as well as former Surgeons General Antonia Novello, Koop, Julius Richmond, S. Paul Ehrlich, and Jesse Steinfeld opposed mandatory written parental consent to dispensing birth-control information and contraceptive aides to minors for fear that such a requirement would facilitate the spread of AIDS.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584930X310 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QQBBTB
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X310
Archival Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)