[cammie]

"But state lawmakers nixed the plans after aggressive lobbying by religious conservatives, who argued that vaccinating young girls could promote promiscuity."

As someone who is both religious and conservative, religious conservatives are more and more ticking me off. The argument that a vaccine would promote promiscuity boggles the mind for so many reasons, not the least of which is that it assumes teenagers are doing a precise risk/reward analysis when they decide to have sex.

And what do these arbiters of all that is good and holy have to say about the circumstances where the woman does not have sex until she is married, but her husband has, and is a carrier of HPV. Should she be put at risk for cervical cancer to satisfy some kind of agenda? Or should we stick our heads in the sand and pretend that all religious people refrain from sexual activity until they are married? GAH! It's madness.

[Politicalmom]

PARENTS make the decisions for their children.

The government has NO right to mandate a vaccine for something that cannot be transmitted by sitting adjacent to someone in a classroom.

[goodnesswins]

We’re ALL going to die....sometime.....did you read the thread about diet and it’s connection to helping in lung disease?.....I’ll bet there’s a connection in cervical cancer too.....JMHO.

The medical industrial complex wants you to believe they can save you from every little thing in life that might make you die.....don’t buy it.

[Marie]

As someone who is both religious and conservative, religious conservatives are more and more ticking me off. The argument that a vaccine would promote promiscuity boggles the mind for so many reasons, not the least of which is that it assumes teenagers are doing a precise risk/reward analysis when they decide to have sex.

I agree. I feel that this argument actually takes away from the very solid safety concerns.