50% of high school grads are sexually active, some unwillingly. HPV is certainly communicable among that population.
In 2005, Texas had 1,100 new cases of cervical cancer per year and one-third lead to death according to the legislature. We have vaccinations to protect those children.
For all Bachmann's beating the "mandate" drum and sounding like a Democrat by claiming "choice" was "taken away from little girls," the vaccine was optional if parents didn't want it.
Bachmann is getting marginalized from her own words.
The dog doesn’t hunt.
See, I lucked out.
My daughter doesn’t HAVE a vagina, I don’t have to worry about any of this nonsense.
You guys should have looked into having kids without genitals. Worrying about HPV isn’t something I have to worry about.