Thanks for your response. I too got informed, and weighed it out. I gave my daughter the option to decline, while informing her of the skyrocketting cervical cancer rates.
I let her make the decision and she had my full support. I pray every day, that it was the right decision, on both our parts.
It takes good parents to stay informed, and too keep their kids informed.
Kudos!
as gabz pointed out, the only real problem with this is the mandatory road they want to go down. it should be up people to make informed decisions on these sorts of things. by the time my daughters are ready to become sexually active, perhaps there will have been progress made in vaccinating male carriers of the organism, as well.
The rates for new cervical cancer cases (incidence) have decreased steadily across multiple racial and ethnic groups, as follows:
3.6% decrease per year from 1996 to 2005 among all women.
3.5% decrease per year from 1996 to 2005 among white women.
5.0% decrease per year from 1996 to 2005 among African-American women.
5.3% decrease per year from 1996 to 2005 among Asian/Pacific Islander women.
4.2% decrease per year from 1996 to 2005 among Hispanic women.