Dr. C. Everett Koop Speech at the White House

Dr. C. Everett Koop Speech at the White House

Contributor(s):
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Publication:
Produced: [ca. 1984]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Abortion, Legal
Euthanasia
Infanticide
Religion and Medicine
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Speeches
Abstract:
During the early years of his presidency, Ronald Reagan regularly invited anti-abortion and evangelical Christian groups to the White House. On those occasions White House staff asked Koop, whose outspoken opposition to abortion had initially brought him to Reagan's attention, to address these groups at the White House, sometimes together with the President, sometimes by himself. In this undated speech, delivered in 1984, Koop described his efforts while a pediatric surgeon in Philadelphia to find counseling and adoption services for women who had unwanted pregnancies, as an alternative to abortion.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
4 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584930X444 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QQBCBQ
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X444
Archival Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)