Dr. C. Everett Koop was a groundbreaking pediatric surgeon before he became Surgeon General of the United States under Ronald Reagan in 1982. On a visit to Minnesota in the mid 1980s, he began his speech by lifting his Bible into the air and declaring, "I believe that the Bible screams from cover to cover that life is precious to God." I don't just believe this; as governor of Minnesota, I will actually do something about it.