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

Title:
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
Creator:
Richmond, Julius B. (Julius Benjamin), 1916-2008
Elders, M. Joycelyn
Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
Steinfeld, Jesse L.
Ehrlich, S. Paul, Jr
Novello, Antonia C.
Recipient:
United States. Congress. Senate and Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Date:
7 February 1994
Description:
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.
Rights:
Public Domain
Genre:
Letters (correspondence)
Format:
Text
Extent:
2 pages
Relation:
Dr. C. Everett Koop and other Surgeons General testifying before the U.S. Senate on AIDS policy, 1994
Language:
English
Legacy ID:
QQBBTB
NLM ID:
101584930X310
Profiles Collection:
The C. Everett Koop Papers
Shareable Link:
https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X310
Story Section:
AIDS, the Surgeon General, and the Politics of Public Health