Confessions of a Homeschool Dad

Feb. 14, 2007

Texas Mandates STD Vaccine for 9-year-old Girls

By now, most of you (even from such foreign lands as Massachusetts and Californy) have heard the the (conservative Republican) Governor of Texas has mandated that 9-year-old girls have the vaccine for HPV (Human Papiloma Virus).

Now, I won't disagree that HPV is and ugly, ugly thing.

Just in case you don't know, HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that appears to cause cervical cancer in women.  And it sits dormant for 10-20 or more years.  And the most at-risk group (young, sexually active women) won't know they've got it until it's too late (PAP smear is the only way to detect it).  Oh, and the HPV virus is both so small that it will go through the pores in a condom and spread through skin-to-skin contact as well.

Hence, there is no such thing as "safe sex" where HPV is concerned.  That's why the CDC has said that the best defense is abstinence.

Apparently nobody in power in the Great State of Texas has heard about that, nor are they concerned that the HPV vaccination might not be safe.

The only good news is that the requirement for this vaccine, much like most others, is being propagated by making it a requirement to get into public school.  Prior to entering 6th grade.

How about this for a new homeschooling slogan: "Home Schools.  Where your children aren't lab rats."
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Feb. 27, 2007 - !

Posted by UndertheSky
That is a great slogan. I am appalled at what the legislatures in our country think they have the power to bring into law. They are now saying that all 6th graders will be FORCED to be innoculated. That makes my blood boil with the sickness of it all. What is *wrong* with society that the parents of these children are not rising up as a mass and saying they are *our* children - not the state's!!!

You can tell this is a hot button for me--don't legislate my child's health--that is my job.

Kate


Edited by UndertheSky on Feb. 27, 2007 at 1:00 AM
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Posted by sagerats
Did someone discover your secret identity? I miss your blog posts!

Abiding in the Vine!
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Posted by briannash
See my blog and enter my "Name My Homeschool" Contest
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May. 5, 2008 - NO guinea pigs here!

Posted by The Rockman www.woodchucks.us
I homeschool my 8 yr old daughter with my wife and we are acutely aware of the HPV vaccine madness circling our country. It's nice to know I'm not the only one staunchly opposed to the invasion of my daughter by some new and mostly untested 'snake oil' peddled by the gov't who is owned (at least in part) by big pharmaceutical companies who are all about increased disease so they can raise profits.
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Aug. 5, 2008 - Go figure this happens in Texas

Posted by Anonymous
I just read this post right after your other post about how few women vote in Texas... and that makes Texas... better?

No further comment.
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Aug. 27, 2008 - sorry this is off topic

Posted by Suzanne
I saw that you're a friend of Marsha (drewsfamilytx)'s, so I wanted to ask you to pray for her. If you're not sure why, please stop by my blog.
thanks.
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