Referring to his first point, Bloom wrote, "Although we have perhaps the world's best doctors and hospitals, Americans in some regions live 25 years less than those in others."
Robin C. Herman, SPH director of communications, provided several examples of such life-span gaps.
An Asian female in Bergen County, New Jersey can expect to live 41 years longer than a Native American in Bennett or Jackson Counties in South Dakota.
And a white male in a Utah or Colorado county can expect to live 20 years longer than a black male in Washington, D.C.--or 14 years longer than a white male in the Bronx, New York.
"We have no clue why," Bloom wrote in the original, pre-edited version of the Public Health Bill of Rights.
In the piece's fourth point, Bloom wrote, "Teenagers should have the right to counseling about AIDS...and how to protect themselves from other STDs."
When asked about issues of parental consent, Herman said she did not know the dean's response.
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