Title:

Address Presented at the National Press Club, Washington, DC

Creator:

Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013

Date:

24 March 1987

Description:

During a question-and-answer session that followed his speech, Koop suggested that while he would never personally recommend abortion, as a public health officer he had no objection against a pregnant women with AIDS receiving an abortion to eliminate the risk of transmitting her disease to her child. Koop thereby intertwined, in the minds of his critics if not his own, the two major moral and political struggles that defined his tenure as U.S. Surgeon General, the struggles over AIDS and abortion.

Location:

Box: 105. Folder: 85

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Health Education, Disease Transmission, Infectious, and Social Values

Format:

Text

Extent:

30 pages

Relation:

Address Presented at the National Press Club, Washington, DC [Reminiscence], 2003

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

QQBBGK

NLM ID:

101584930X90

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X90

Story Section:

AIDS, the Surgeon General, and the Politics of Public Health