http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_he_me/cervical_cancer_2
AUSTIN, Texas - Bypassing the Legislature, Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed an order Friday making Texas the first state to require girls entering the sixth grade to get Gardasil, Merck & Co.'s new vaccine against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
Merck is bankrolling efforts to pass state laws across the country mandating Gardasil for girls as young as 11 or 12. The federal government approved Gardasil in June, and a government advisory panel has recommended that all American girls get the shots before they are likely to be sexually active.
Question: Why not (at most) a government sponsored campaign asking parents to innoculate their children if this is such a problem? Why a law requiring the shot? What are your thoughts?
2007-02-03
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