Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 6 P20 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 178 KOOP CHARLES EVERETT You would have to LABEL ME A CONSERVATIVE BUT I m a flexible CONSERVATIVE. We HAD NEVER AS A MEDICAL PROFESSION DEALT WITH PEOPLE WHEN THEY WERE SICK ON THE BASIS OF HOW THEY GOT SICK. C. Everett Koop Consequences of Passive Smoking. Legislators across the nation responded to his report by creating laws to restrict smoking and to reduce the risk of passive smoking to nonsmokers. By 1987 smoking was banned in all federal buildings and regulated in restaurants hospitals and other public places in over 40 states. In 1988 Koop commissioned studies on smoke in airplanes. Congress reacted to the results of these studies by banning smoking on all flights lasting less than six hours. Koop publicized the addictive nature of tobacco in his 1988 surgeon general s report. This report forced tobacco officials to agree to more specific surgeon general s labels on cigarettes. However Koop lost the fight for labels that would have identified nicotine as an addictive substance. Although Koop was known for his antiabortion stance he did little on this issue during his time as surgeon general. He viewed abortion as a moral issue not a political one and he strongly disagreed with those who wanted to ban contraceptives and abortion. In response to Koop s position on contraception and sex education many conservatives who at first had supported him turned against him. Koop faced a dilemma when President Reagan asked him to study the psychological effects of abortion on women. In Koop s opinion it was a poor strategy to quibble about the effects of abortion on the mother when the effects on the fetus were conclusive. In addition because both sides of the abortion controversy produced biased studies the available research was useless. In the end Koop could not gather evidence to assert conclusively or to refute damaging psychological effects of abortion on the mother. He never completed the report. In 1982 the Baby Doe case alarmed the nation. Baby Doe was born .
