[steve-b]

"If the medical community developed a vaccine for lung cancer, would the same critics oppose it claiming it would encourage smoking?"

Actually, I believe that they would (and would be joined by some of their puritan soulmates on the left).

[Froufrou]

Thanks for your post, although I wasn't the one who came up with that question.

I don't agree with the arguement that the vaccine promotes earlier sex. What that arguement is really about is the parents' ability to oversee their kids' sexual issues rather than the state doing so.