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Clinton's sex education wingnut
'''Minnie Joycelyn Elders''' (known more commonly as '''Joycelyn Elders''') was the [[Surgeon General]] during the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]]. She was the first [[African-American]] Surgeon General and only the second woman.
Elder's policies towards [[sex education]] were highly [[liberal]] and ultimately led to her severe unpopularity. She supported the use of [[contraceptive]]s and wanted to legalize [[marijuana]]. Her most brazen act was to suggest self-abuse as a component of [[abstinence education]]. The outcry from the American public was so loud that it finally penetrated the liberal ears of Bill Clinton, and he fired her in December 1994, citing a "disagreement in policy".
==Sources==
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n1-2_v29/ai_19034244 Joycelyn Elders: From Sharecropper's Daughter to Surgeon General of the United States of America] - book reviews
Washington Monthly, Jan-Feb, 1997 by Leon Dash
[[Category:Physicians]][[Category:Liberals]][[Category:Education]]
Elder's policies towards [[sex education]] were highly [[liberal]] and ultimately led to her severe unpopularity. She supported the use of [[contraceptive]]s and wanted to legalize [[marijuana]]. Her most brazen act was to suggest self-abuse as a component of [[abstinence education]]. The outcry from the American public was so loud that it finally penetrated the liberal ears of Bill Clinton, and he fired her in December 1994, citing a "disagreement in policy".
==Sources==
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n1-2_v29/ai_19034244 Joycelyn Elders: From Sharecropper's Daughter to Surgeon General of the United States of America] - book reviews
Washington Monthly, Jan-Feb, 1997 by Leon Dash
[[Category:Physicians]][[Category:Liberals]][[Category:Education]]