Posted on 09/14/2011 6:49:22 AM PDT by BfloGuy
Bachmann is making the case that opposing vaccinations required by the state is fundamentally a conservative issue, which is news to many conservatives given that mandatory vaccinations have been around as long as they have, and, to my knowledge, we haven’t made it a big part of the Republican platform to oppose them. But if you listened to Bachmann last night, it’s clear that she believes this is the type of issue on which a presidential candidate must stand, must do the right thing, and cannot waver in putting this forth as a conservative principle lest we risk infecting millions of children with mental retardation.
Has this always been an enormous part of this warrior’s soul? Apparently not.
By all appearances, she felt no need to mention, much less work towards stopping, a vaccination that, by her own standards, is an assault on liberty. Even more so actually. The HPV vaccination, while called mandatory, made available an opt-out provision so that the parental rights that she felt were so paramount could be protected in this decision. The Hepatitis B vaccination in Minnesota (state law since 1993) doesn’t even require parental consent at all. And Hep B’s communicability is similar to HPV in that it is primarily transmitted through intercourse, as opposed to being an airborne illness. Currently, no records can be found of Michele Bachmann sponsoring legislation in the Minnesota legislature to repeal the Hep B vaccination or to add a parental opt-out.
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We’re talking about 6th grade girls, not grown women entering into marriage. Maybe if there were more “folks like me” there wouldn’t be so much promiscuity in this country. You can control the behavior of your 11 or 12 year old daughter. You don’t let them go on dates at that age, especially one on one alone with a young boy. It’s done all the time. But one thing you don’t do is give them the signal that it is OK to have sex as long as you’re protected from pregnancy and STDs. They definitely won’t be refraining from the behavior under those circumstances.
The CDC hasn’t said much, if anything about the abortion/breast cancer connection - or if they have, it was just to dismiss it. There is plenty of documented research at the abortionbreastcancer.com site.
“I’ve never thought school vaccinations were an issue.”
Not ALL school vaccinations are an issue, only this one.
Should parents simply sit back and allow their kids to be vaccinated with every government mandate?
As for Gardisil, perhaps parents would rather teach their children abstinence.
The government is raising our children, and I’m seeing conservatives accept it.
Even Perry apologized for this, to his credit.
Even Perry apologized for his Gardisil position.
I think Perry supporters are on the wrong track with defending Gardisil, because they will hurt Perry, as they are saying he was wrong to apologize.
So if they hurt Perry AND Bachmann, which frontrunner is left right now? Romney.
Whether the HPV vaccination can cause the problems she says it can will come out soon enough.
My issue with this is the opt-out path. Was it made clear when the bills were introduced, as opposed to being put in "page 8" where you would have to search for it? If it was not made clear without having to search for it, then considering it was a "mandate" Bachmann would have a point.
If the opt-out path was made clear and put up front so parents would know immediately that they had a choice, then the whole "forced" issue goes out the window.
No it's not. Human beings supposedly get wiser as they get older, and of course, that would result in a change of position.
Clearly, you simply hate Bachmann and will pick any silly thing to rant about. Well, rant away. Just be aware it makes you look like a numbskull.
Have a nice day.
By the way, yes it was 18 years ago (before Bachmann was a state senator) that Hepatities vaccine was required by the state of MN. Don't add outright lying to your silliness.
*I* look like a numbskull? Now THAT is funny! Glass houses and all that.
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