""A core belief of mine is the importance of honesty. When we stop talking openly about sex, we stop communicating important information to our young… - Joycelyn Elders

We must stop this love affair with the fetus.

Absolutely. You can do both. I feel that parents should educate their children about their sexuality and teach them the things they want them to know. But so often, what they're taught is what I was taught - to just say no. We have been taught abstinence only. We've been taught nothing about protection from diseases or anything. We've been taught nothing about contraception. And, you know, we say well, if we tell them about it, they'll do it. Well, if you've got the highest rates in the world, that says you're already doing it.

If you can't control your reproduction, you can't control your life.