.......... Many parents are probably in denial that there 6th grader would engage in such activity
so the state can mandate that all children are to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease ?
why don't they also demand norplant at the same time so as to prevent teenaged pregnancy ?
Come on, there is a big difference between a vaccination and birth control. You are setting up a straw man with that argument. Furthermore, the state isn't mandating that all children get vaccinations, the are saying if you want to attend this public school you need to get vaccinated. As far as the state having the right to set vaccination standards at their public schools, yes, I think it is OK. I also think vouchers should be available to everyone, so you could have a choice as to where to send your children, but that is a different topic all together.