The American College of Pediatricians also oppose this vaccine as mandatory:
From their position paper:
The average length of follow up in the 4 studies conducted by Merck ranged from 2 to 4 years. Blood antibody levels against HPV in the vaccine group peaked at 7 months after immunization, declined through the 2nd year, and stabilized at 36 months, remaining at levels above pre-immunization. For the girls aged 9 to15 years immunized with Gardasil, blood antibody levels showed a good response and “the efficacy of Gardasil in 9 to 15 year old girls is inferred.”3 The number of 9 year old girls vaccinated in all trials has been reported to be 250. Also, according to the Merck published report on Gardasil, the “duration of immunity following a complete schedule of immunization with Gardasil has not been established.”4 .
Because the average time between initial HPV infection and death from cervical cancer is 20 years, definitive conclusions about HPV vaccine efficacy will take years to establish. Future research should also address the use of the vaccine in males.
http://www.acpeds.org/?CONTEXT=art&cat=12&art=95&BISKIT=3349461552
And, a vaccine safety group is finding that adverse effects are being found in young girls administered this vaccine:
VIENNA, Va., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Vaccine
Information Center (NVIC), the nation's leading vaccine safety and informed
consent advocacy organization, is urging state legislatures to investigate
the safety and cost of mandating Merck's HPV vaccine (GARDASIL) for all
pre- adolescent girls before introducing legislation amending state vaccine
laws. In an analysis of reports made to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event
Reporting System (VAERS) since the CDC's July 2006 universal use
recommendation for all young girls, NVIC found reports of loss of
consciousness, seizures, joint pain and Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
"GARDASIL safety appears to have been studied in fewer than 2,000 girls
aged 9 to 15 years pre-licensure clinical trials and it is unclear how long
they were followed up"
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-01-2007/0004518488&EDATE
I am not going to subject my 9 year old to a vaccine where the duration of immunity has not been established , the efficacy for 9 year olds has only been inferred, and where clinical trials on preadolescents has been limited. Neurological side effects are not something to be taken lightly. If you call that being prudish, so be it.