Governor Rick Perry gave me an opt-out so my daughter woudn’t have to take the HPV vaccine if she/we so choose.
But Governor Sarah Palin gave me NO opt-out from paying my Federal tax dollars to pay for someone else’s freebie HPV vaccine.
Which is worse?
Perry used the power of his office to force your minor daughter to take a drug against a sexually transmitted disease or force you to fill out the necessary paper work correctly, file it correctly and then wait for approval to opted out of something she and you should never have been forced to do, not in a free country, not by your government.
Did Palin force anything like that on the citizens of Alaska?
Regardless, the Texas legislature asked Perry to repeal his MANDATE and he refused so they overturned it.
You are still able to vaccinate your daughter. You make the call.
I'm siding with the Texas legislature on this one for doing the right thing and upholding personal liberty.
And, just out of curiosity, who would have paid for the Texas program? I don't know.
Others have said it was Federal. If true, then we all paid, whether we have kids or not, but at least our kids weren't forced to take an STD drug nor were we forced to opt them out.
Honestly? Bypassing the legislature and forcing with an EO like Perry did is something I'd expect from a Clinton or an obama, not from a Republican President...or even a Republican Governor, for that matter. Are you sure this guy isn't a demonrat?