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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 - !
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