With recent advances in prenatal screening, many unborn babies found to have Down syndrome are aborted. Society is proceeding down a slippery slope to the use of abortion to get rid of "imperfect" babies. The legalization of abortion has helped create a society that regards death as an acceptable solution to life's problems.
Here's something to remember the next time the name of Joycelyn Elders, former surgeon general and lightning rod, is affixed to another honor roll, hall of fame or list of endorsements for a candidate or condom: Why not add some memorable quotation from her body of wit and wisdom, some gem of philosophy to go with her official portrait? Much like the brief quotes that used to appear under the pictures of graduating seniors in any respectable high school annual.
But which quotation? The good doctor has said so many things one can't forget (as much as you might like to) that it would be hard to choose just the right one. Yet one of her observations does......
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