Posted on 02/06/2007 8:46:59 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(AgapePress) -- A Texas pro-family group says Governor Rick Perry's executive order mandating HPV shots for schoolgirls entering sixth-grade not only usurps the authority of the State Legislature, but also the rights of parents. In addition, the American College of Pediatricians has recommended against the vaccine for young girls.
A conservative group in Texas is raising strong objections to Republican Governor Rick Perry's executive order mandating HPV shots for 11- and 12-year-old female students.
On Friday, Governor Perry signed an order that requires all Texas schoolgirls entering sixth grade to get Gardasil, Merck & Company's new vaccine against the Human Papilloma Virus, beginning in the fall of 2008. Perry says the vaccine gives Texas "an incredible opportunity to effectively target and prevent cervical cancer."
Perry's office contacted Texas Eagle Forum president Cathie Adams Wednesday and urged her to support the vaccination requirement, but she vowed to do everything in her power to defeat it. Adams explains her refusal. "He's replacing parents' rights with state's rights," she comments. "He's also usurping the authority of the State Legislature."
And there's more, says the Texas Eagle Forum leader. "We have a strong voice that has already said this is not a good vaccine for little girls," she says; "it's the American College of Pediatricians, who strongly opposes requiring students to have the HPV vaccine." Governor Perry, who in the past has received strong backing from conservatives because of his opposition to abortion and embryonic stem-cell research, says the cervical cancer vaccine is no different from the one that protects children against polio. But Adams notes there is no crisis, noting cervical cancer deaths in American women have dropped by 74 percent due to routine pap smears.
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That's not the only issue, there is no crisis unless you (the average citizen I mean, not you HuntsvilleTxVet personally) are irresponsilbe sexually in your actions: There is a simple solution: DON'T HAVE SEX TILL YOUR MARRIED, ABSTINANCE.
The problem is that I would prefer doing this to avoid health care cost issues years from now.
In a perfect world, kids would remain virgins, but that's not going to happen.
It's hard enough for people to spell "abstinence", let alone accomplish it. ;)
It's the usual Republican balancing act. Ordinary conservatives in their thousands and millions have the votes, but the money needed to run winning campaigns comes from Country Club Republicans and big corporations, in this case Merck.
This one strikes me as pretty stupid. I hope he got a LOT of money for this, because I think he has just killed his political future with this dumb move.
It's stupid of Merck, too. They are making an evil name for themselves. This is not good PR, and whatever money they make selling their drug will not be enough to balance the damage they are doing themselves.
I wish the big corporations and the Country Clubbers would learn to work with the voters on these things. But they seem to want what they want, and want it now, and as a result the necessary coalitions fall apart. That's what happened to the Simon campaign in California, which is the closest we came to taking that state back. The money people and the conservative voters just couldn't get together, and now we're stuck with Arnold.
I tried to contact the governor by phone; the mailbox is full and the main switchboard is constantly busy. It may be time to start talking recall election to get Perry to understand how much people are against his vaccination mandate.
I take it that this was not part of his re-election platform? I'm sure if it was he would have been defeated.
Get a pap smear..it will save more money...but they didnt give any money to the guvvy
We are going to have a national election & it too will be the lesser of two evils. I'll bethcha you will vote for one of these. Why would you be different than 98% of the people. As for me I would say today I will be voting a 3rd party for the 4th out of the last 5th national elections. Our votes in this corrupt "Two-Party Cartel" only valid their corruption. I'm not going to participate in this fraudulent group as any true conservative will not get the nomination.
A "pro-family" group agitating for an illness that destroys families. And, big surprise, the usual antivaccination rhetoric: a single instance of anecdotal data presented against the vaccination, but no mention of the research in favor of it. The idea that it will cause promiscuity. No mention of the painless internet opt-out, not even to dismiss it. The press release reports that the EO requires Gardasil by name, which is not true. Fascinating. Perhaps the state of science education in the country is worse than I thought. Politics certainly isn't helping it, in this case.
The American College of Pediatricians is a solidly conservative activist group, anti-gay marriage, pro-life, two-parent family kind of group.
Their statement on the HPV virus does NOT say this is not a good vaccine for "little girls". They simply say that you don't need it if you aren't having sex, so you shouldn't be REQUIRED to have the vaccine in order to attend school.
Being against forced vaccination should not be confused with claiming the vaccine is ineffective or dangerous, or is not recommended for some people.
Perry's proposal allows parents to opt out of the vaccination, so nobody is being forced to get the vaccination in order to attend schools. It's simply a strongly-worded recommendation, that might open up the vaccine to coverage by some medical plans that won't cover vaccines unless they are required by law.
So he is ordering something even the docs arent ordering and can be helped if not stopped by routine health tests such as pap smears but he is doing it for the children!!!!!!!!!!
He only killed his future if the dozen people who would vote based on this one issue matter to the results.
From their statement.
Even if you're a perfect virgin when you marry, and have never even been kissed.. you can't guarantee that your husband was the same.
So there goes your argument.
Granted, I don't think it's fair to compel people to have the vaccination, but I do think it's a good idea to get the vaccination.
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