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Joycelyn Elders (Surgeon General fired for her support of sex education and drug legalization) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Very interesting read. Sad to see that her ideas regarding drugs, contraceptives and abortion already went into the right direction and still nothing substantially changed or changes were undone.

This quote from her is still very relevant today:

We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

She was so ahead of the curve! America wasn't ready for her, but she still did (and does) a lot of good