“govt is out of control, lets focus on that and forget about gardasil for now”
Sorry, but that IS THE POINT!!! Perry MANDATED IT: Government out of control!
wrong hill to die on.
repeat: makes us look like crazies. we can defeat obama but we cant go psycho on these kind of issues. just my opinion.
Well, first of all, your statement is BULL SHITE!
In 2003, four years before Gardasil was approved by the FDA, Rick Perry supported and signed into law a bill allowed Texas parents for the first time in state history, to OPT OUT of ANY ...GET THAT ANY....immunizations they deemed dangerous to their children. That law is STILL IN EFFECT!
When the feds said make Gardasil available to Texas parents who want the vaccination available through SCHIP and Medicaid, the drug HAS TO BE on the state’s mandated list of immunizations. Perry simply wrote out an ExO that put it on the mandated list and then in the second sentence put the decision right back in the hands of the with an OPT OUT if they don’t want it or an OPT IN if they did.
The MANY PARENTS WANTED IT! THE MANY PARENTS DIDN’T...PROBLEM SOLVED!
STOP THE DAMNED LIES PEOPLE!
Parents could opt out. Some mandate.
By your definition Palin mandated it also.
FYI: I am a Cain supporter.
Now, there was a mandate for insurance companies to pay claims because of what Perry did but that's not what the outrage is all about.
What Perry did -- make private insurers and there customers cover the shot -- isn't any worse than what Palin did in Alaska which was make the fed taxpayers cover it for "all Alaska girls ages 9 through 18"
The point...by mandating it, insurance covered it!!!!
There was an opt-out and Texas parents were more aware of their rights at the time than Bachmann or Malkin seem to be now!