. >> koop believed in life, against abortion, but firmly determined to save people dying from aids. > part of any health or hygiene program. we can't afford to side step discussions about sexual practices, heterosexual and homosexual. >> let's be honest with ourselves, aids information cannot be value neutral. after all, when it comes to preventing aids, don't medicine and morality teach the same lessons. >> this was a nightmare for the administration. what they wanted was to say abstain, not how to do it safely, just don't do it. >> i think abstinence has been lacking in much of the education. >> he said whatever you think of the sexuality, it is irresponsible not to share what we know about the way to act on your sexual desires safely. >> we are talking about the surgeon general, bob, where is he in this administration now where here he is -- >> isolated i think. >> here he is the surgeon general, chief health officer. >> he is very outspoken, goes off, does his own thing. he at one point wanted to send ex-ples it literature to every household in america. they stopped him fast on th