(Christianity Today) – As surgeon general under Ronald Reagan, C. Everett Koop traveled in evangelical circles. But the partnership was always uneasy.

Of the Christian conservatives whom Ronald Reagan appointed to high office after winning the presidency in 1980, none excited evangelicals like his pick for surgeon general, C. Everett Koop.

Koop, they were sure, was a true believer in the Lord and the pro-life cause. He was a ruling elder at a renowned evangelical church. He had spoken at Wheaton College. He had opposed abortion even in the early 1970s, before most evangelicals had joined the pro-life movement. He was a close friend of Francis Schaeffer and his family. He had even coproduced a pro-life documentary and book with Schaeffer titled Whatever Happened to the Human Race? (Read More)