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President Clinton today fired Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, demanding and receiving her letter of resignation a week after she said children should be taught about masturbation. "There have been too many areas in which the president does not agree with her views," said White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta. "This is just one too many." Panetta added that Elders, long a favorite target of conservatives for her outspoken defense of abortion, drug legalization and sex education, had been warned to temper her remarks, and "if she had not resigned she would have been terminated." The firing comes as Clinton...
Eighty-seven Republican House members demanded the resignation of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders two days after she peppered reporters with statements about "the un-Christian religious right." In a letter to President Clinton, Florida Representative Cliff Stearns, other lawmakers and spokespersons for right-wing Christian groups said Elders "has not chosen to utilize her position to advance the general health and welfare of all Americans but rather to advocate views antithetical to the majority of citizens." Among the Surgeon General's more provocative statements, in the past seven days: the legalization of narcotics should be considered, and girls should take...
Babies one year and younger should sleep on their back, not on their stomach, according to the new "Back to Sleep" campaign unveiled today by Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders. The government's official stance on the long-running tummy-vs.-back debate contradicts the most common advice given by pediatricians. But the Surgeon General's call is supported by recent research that has shown a decrease in the number of cases of sudden-infant-death syndrome (SIDS) in countries where parents were urged to keep their kids on their sides or back. In the U.S., SIDS cases number...
These forlorn scenes may be just a transitional phase. "I foresee that one day America will be smoke-free," says Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders. She adds, "But not in my lifetime. We have 40 million people who are addicted to smoking. We've got to help them get over their addiction, and that's going to take a while...
Meanwhile, to the religious right, Clinton is practically the Anti-Christ. During the campaign, they waved placards warning TO VOTE FOR BILL CLINTON IS TO SIN AGAINST GOD. More recently the Virginia-based Christian Action Network called on Clinton to "fire the four horsewomen of the apocalypse: Joycelyn Elders, Kristine Gebbie, Roberta Achtenberg and Jane Alexander" -- respectively, the Surgeon General, who advocates condom distribution to high school students; the National AIDS policy coordinator; the Assistant Secretary in the Housing and Urban Development Department and the first openly lesbian nominee to be confirmed by the Senate for a high office...