Posted on 02/07/2007 8:46:47 AM PST by presidio9
Several key Republicans urged Gov. Rick Perry on Monday to rescind his executive order making Texas the first state to require girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
Lawmakers should have been allowed to hear from doctors, scientists and patients before the state implemented such a sweeping mandate, said state Sen. Jane Nelson, chairwoman of the health and human services committee.
"This is not an emergency," said Nelson, adding that she plans to ask Attorney General Greg Abbott for an opinion on the legality of Perry's order. "It needs to be discussed and debated."
Three other Republican lawmakers filed bills that would override the mandate, and several others were working on similar legislation.
Perry defended his decision, saying his fellow conservatives were wrong to worry that mandating the vaccine will trample parents' rights and promote premarital sex.
"Providing the HPV vaccine doesn't promote sexual promiscuity any more than providing the Hepatitis B vaccine promotes drug use," Perry said in a statement. "If the medical community developed a vaccine for lung cancer, would the same critics oppose it claiming it would encourage smoking?"
Perry has ordered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules requiring Merck & Co.'s new Gardasil vaccine for girls entering the sixth grade as of September 2008. The vaccine protects girls against strains of the human papillomavirus that cause most cases of cervical cancer.
Texas allows parents to opt out of inoculations by filing an affidavit objecting to the vaccine on religious or philosophical reasons, but critics say the order still interferes with parental rights.
"I don't think the government should ever presume to know better than the parents what to do with children," Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said.
Perry also directed state health authorities to make the vaccine available free to girls ages 9 to 18 who are uninsured or whose insurance does not cover vaccines. And he ordered Medicaid to offer Gardasil to women ages 19 to 21.
No, your wrong. From what I've read, it is active HPV infection that causes cellular change. If for example, the doc get a pap test back that shows positive results, he then tests for HPV strain to determine treatment. If the strain doesn't match the risk strains, then he just monitors the case untill the infection passes, and results return to normal.
If however, strain tests come back showing the high risk strains, he will probably use a leez or other method of treatment then, after there is no longer any more sign of abnormal cellular change, montitor the case until HPV infection passes and results return to normal.
It is active HPV, along with other risk factors that cause
cellular abnormalities.
HPV goes away without a trance on it's own.
This is all explained on the ACS treatment section on their website.
Welcome to FR.
Opt out? You don't see a problem? That's pretty funny from someone with the screen name of *LtdGovt*.
True limited government would not support this being mandatory.
his executive order making Texas the first state to require girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
It means what it means. You sound kind of like Plankton from SpongeBob - "There's no stopping my plan now!" Are you a school nurse or some other authority-depreived individual?
Old K, you seem to have given up on persuading anyone with your hodge-podge or inconsistent statistics and arguments and gone straight to berating. In your case I think it hues closer to your true colors. When you were arguing, you would trot out "reasons" like a toddler who has gotten into his dad's rachet set and sent parts rolling all over the floor. I truly get the impression that you have no idea what your statistics and arguments prove or don't prove. Maybe you are a mynah bird in Merck's office, repeating random phrases.
Check out the link to this thread for some answers to your questions.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778223/posts?page=673#673
Nice. They have to get an innoculation every 5-6 years for the rest of their lives. Can you say *cash cow*?
No, that's not worth noting either. it is repeated HPV infection which increases risk of cervical cancer development.
Do you not think "older women" were not at one time "younger women"? HPV has been around for centuries, this is nothing new.
Nice. They have to get an innoculation every 5-6 years for the rest of their lives. Can you say *cash cow*?
It's happening. I didn't enact it. Your insults are irrelevant. If you've got a point I'd love to hear it but this $hit is getting old.
There's a precedent for vaccinating everyone for a condition that mainly affects women.
There are some long-term results of measles, but I believe that the main justification for the public policy mandating the Rubella measles vaccine is to prevent the birth defects that result if mom catches the virus while pregnant.
But again, measles can be caught from close contact or even casual contact with the same surface. (And it was mandated before the Internet.) (grin)
LoL! well, I didn't go THAT far, but .. LOL!
Am I reading this right? Is this implying that I don't want my children to have *any* vaccines? Am I allowed to exempt my children from just one vaccine?
I said what I said. There - now the wisdom of Popeye speaks for both of us. And with that, I bid this topic adieu until it rears its ugly head again tomorrow.
;)
What kills me is that we loose about 20,000 people a year to the flu. Why aren't there mandatory vaccinations for *that*?
Just read the site. I'm not going to argue with you.
Your right, ACS, CDC is wrong... whatever.
My medical book is wrong as well, Must have been misprinted.
Until they can guarantee that the men won't continue to spread it among themselves, vaccinating half the population is a waste of time. If we're going to vaccinate only half the population, let them be volunteers. Vaccinate the half that wants it. Then they'll be safe and wom't have to worry about anyone else.
Besides, it's supposed to help prevent anal cancer, but somehow I don't think there's a good way for marketing to push that one that would engender a lot of public support.....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779740/posts?page=82#82
The vaccine is meant to prevent cervical cancer. Males don't get it.
"Am I allowed to exempt my children from just one vaccine?"
In my experience and my read, yes.
"experimenting"
GMAB. The same level of testing has been done on any numerous vaccines.
The only reason for this hysteria is this is an STD.
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