Joycelyn Elders
American pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the United States
Minnie Joycelyn Elders (born August 13, 1933) was Surgeon General of the United States from September 8, 1993 to December 31, 1994.
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QuotesEdit
- Handguns are a public health issue.
- Hall, Mimi (9 November 1993). "Elders makes assault on guns". USA Today: pp. A5ff.
- How do you get rid of the trash? It's out there in society, it's going on every day […] You can educate children an awful lot easier than you can get rid of the trash.
- Sipchen, Bob (July 3, 1997). "Straight Talk From a Straight Shooter Journeys: Joycelyn Elders was known for her outspokenness during her run". Los Angeles Times: p. E-1. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
- We've tried ignorance for a thousand years. It's time we try education.
- On sex education
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, "Abstinence" [4.10], 5 June 2006
- As long as I was in Washington I never met anybody that I thought was good enough, who knew enough, or who loved enough to make sexual decisions for anybody else.
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, "Abstinence" [4.10], 5 June 2006
- If men went through menopause, we'd know everything about it, but we still don't even know if we should be taking hormones.
- Jessica Valenti (2014-05-23). "Dr. Joycelyn Elders is so fucking cool". Feministing.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-23.
AbortionEdit
- We must stop this love affair with the fetus.
- Speech in Austin, Texas, January 21, 1994
- Dreifus, Claudia (January 30, 1994). "Joycelyn Elders". New York Times Magazine: p. p. 19.
- I want every child that's born in the world to be planned and wanted.
- Jessica Valenti (2014-05-23). "Dr. Joycelyn Elders is so fucking cool". Feministing.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
- If you can't control your reproduction, you can't control your life.
- Jessica Valenti (2014-05-23). "Dr. Joycelyn Elders is so fucking cool". Feministing.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
Abstinence educationEdit
- I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse.
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, "Abstinence" [4.10], 5 June 2006
- Condoms will break, but I can assure you that vows of abstinence will break more easily than condoms.
- Jessica Valenti (2014-05-23). "Dr. Joycelyn Elders is so fucking cool". Feministing.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
- They are boycotting common sense.
- On politicians who promote abstinence-only education
- Jessica Valenti (2014-05-23). "Dr. Joycelyn Elders is so fucking cool". Feministing.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
MasturbationEdit
- We know that more than 70 to 80% of women masturbate, and 90% of men masturbate, and the rest lie.
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, "Abstinence" [4.10], 5 June 2006
- If you say children wouldn't know anything about masturbation on their own, you've never changed a little boy's diaper.
- Jessica Valenti (2014-05-23). "Dr. Joycelyn Elders is so fucking cool". Feministing.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
