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Surgeon General nominee Joycelyn Elders made little effort to ingratiate herself with her conservative detractors, defiantly defending her radical belief that condoms are a more effective shield against teen pregnancy than moralistic admonitions to "just...
...Senate vote, Dr. Joycelyn Elders of Arkansas was confirmed as Surgeon General. The controversial candidate endured a three-month battle in which conservatives tried to depict her as a free-sex radical out of touch with the mainstream...
...seemingly endless stream of controversy over nominations that the Administration has endured. The Judiciary Committee voted 18 to 0 in favor of confirming Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a Justice of the Supreme Court. The Labor and Human Resources Committee gave a 13-to-4 endorsement to Dr. Joycelyn Elders to be Surgeon General. Louis Freeh, the nominee for fbi director, seems headed for quick approval this week...
Feelings are what Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Clinton's nominee for Surgeon General, stands accused of hurting with her controversial remarks about antiabortion activists (they have a "love affair with the fetus," and so on). Elders is, as TIME put it, "a verbal bomb thrower." The sensitivities of Roman Catholics and Fundamentalist Protestants were said to have been offended by her tart tongue. No doubt she wishes that she had bitten her tongue on an occasion or two. If that is not promotion of a stifling orthodoxy, what...
...Senate confirmation hearing, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Clinton's nominee for Surgeon General, reaffirmed her strong support for sex education and condom distribution. Elders, a former Arkansas health director, also acknowledged that she had been cited by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for mismanagement as a board member of the National Bank of Arkansas...