That report from the AAPS is from 2005 and was in response to the specific method of mandate that Perry ordered. For the record, his method was wrong-headed.
If the Texas legislature decided to mandate Gardasil with an opt-out, they could do so effectively while respecting parental rights and not requiring a renewal of the opt-out form. (They could also require private schools and physicians to accept the opt-out.)
We shouldn’t have to get permission from the government to abstain. But ... sometimes our freedoms (choices) must be exercised rather than assumed. That’s not to say it’s right, just that it’s an actuality.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think we disagree on anything other than the effectiveness and potential benefits of Gardasil.
My original objection to your post was concerning the prevention of 4000 annual cervical cancer deaths versus 6,000,000 cases of HPV (or 600,000 if you consider only 10% to be legitimate/necessary)
On a side note, as a kid in the 50's I had all the vaccines. And I still had whooping cough, chicken pox and German measles.