The issue here for me is not whether or not it’s OK for government to mandate inoculations. It’s whether or not women who refuse to take the inoculation represent a threat to their fellow citizens. In other words, is HPV like smallpox? If a child isn’t inoculated, is the risk of exposure high enough and the results deadly enough to require such an brutal intrusion on personal liberty? If not, then Governor Perry’s actions were unjustified if not an abuse of power. To me, the answer is clear.
Do people have sex?