"How you raise your daughter has no impact whatsoever on whether her husband, on her wedding day, infects her with HPV."
Your level of concern for others is amazing but shouldn't that be their business instead of yours?
I mean, after all, if they are both concerned about this, then all they have to do is to have this vaccine themselves and that solves their problem, right? Why does the whole population have to have it?
After all, as conservatives, shouldn't we be after the solution which maximizes effectiveness along with personal responsibility?
Thank you! We can't protect our children from every future possibility..they could get into a car accident if they drive, they could be robbed, they could be raped, their future spouses could be jerks, etc etc etc... it is up to us to equip them as children with the knowledge and skills to help them be as safe as possible..but we can't just bow down to whatever the government tells us is good for them because of what might happen later on.. these things have to be our decision..we cannot allow any more of our parental rights to be usurped by those who claim to know what's best for our children.
The problem with communicable diseases is that one person's decision not to get vaccinated can affect other people. That's why kids without tuberculosis vaccinations aren't normally allowed to attend public schools in the developed world: because your choice supposedly affecting only your own child can lead to a great many other kids getting sick. If you don't give your daughter the HPV vaccine, not only are you threatening her own life (which I think, as a parent, is utterly irresponsible), but you're potentially threatening other people as well.