You must be a male. This vaccine is only effective for 3 strains of HPV. There are many more. This vaccine can cause pain at the site of the vaccine and who knows what other symptoms. This vaccine is not needed for girls who do not sleep around. This vaccine must be administered in a series of 3 applications and it must be done every 5 years. I would say nuts to you Gov. Perry. You have no right to tell parents what kind of medical protection to give to their children. I hope the parents in Texas tell Gov. Perry they are not happy with his decision.
Argue against it by all means, but know the facts. It's only effective against 4 strains - but those are the strains that cause most of the cervical cancer and genital warts. There are many HPV strains that are asymptomatic and cause no problem. And ANY vaccine can cause pain at the site of the vaccination, usually fairly brief.
You learn the facts. If memory serves me correctly isn't it Merck who gave us Vioxx? Maybe you have been "retired" too long. There have been no studies done on the effects of this vaccine on all age groups of females and it assumes that young females will all be sexually active. That is an assumption I am not willing to have made by the state. As I said in another post if you want the government to control parental choice then I say to you, "Heil Hitler."