Born Again Christians Only Please: HPV Jab License to Promiscuity?

Question

As a born again christian, I am alarmed at the HPV vaccine.

Last year, science came up with a way to greatly reduce cervical cancer in young women. It's a vaccine that prevents women from getting HPV, which is a sexually transmitted disease that acts as a gateway to the cancer. And the vaccine is so effective, it could wipe out HPV.

Christian parent groups and churches nationwide have said that providing a jab to protect against a sexually transmitted infection young women might encourage promiscuity. Bridget Maher of the Family Research Council says giving girls the vaccine is bad, because the girls "may see it as a license to engage in premarital sex."

Let me illustrate why these good people are right.

Recently my neighbours´son got a jab against hepatitis A food poisoning. Then I saw him eating stale jelly donuts from the gas station. He said that now he had a licence to eat disgusting food.

Who else thinks that young women should not be given the HPV vaccine?

Answer 1

I would be very careful about it...It only protects for 4 major causes of cervical cancer, and there are over 140 causes......It is an incomplete vaccine...This is not widely advertised and I for one wonder why?...I think there be allot of cash for the pharmaceutical companies in this one.

Answer 2

The only reason I worry about this new vaccine is that some places are trying to make it mandatory (like the Hep B series.) The vaccine has not existed long enough to know if there will be any long term negative effects. Therefore, it should not be a required vaccine for girls to attend school. I don't think the problem lies with the vaccine giving them an okay to have sex.

In addition, there are many strains (one of which causes the common wart.) Using this vaccine will only help control the particular strain which contributes to cervical cancer in women. And even then, virus have this great ability to mutate...so we may see that strain again, only stronger the next time around.

Answer 3

That is in no way a good comparison. I'm married with 2 children and I got the shot. Does that mean I am going to go out and sleep with everyman I meet, afterall, I am protected against HPV. NO! The shot is only one protection for 1 sexually transmitted disease. There are tons more to worry about, including the completely non currible AIDS.

The HPV shot is a precaution. Even if a girl were to stay a virgin till marriage, there is never a way to tell if her partner has. No matter how well you know a person you can't just look at them know if they have a disease or not. It is better to be safe then sorry. And trust me when I say that if a person wants to be sexually active they will be, shot or no shot.

Answer 4

Having a cure for a disease isn't a bad thing even if the disease is sexualy transmitted. What is bad is what the governor of Texas tried to do by forcing it on all high school girls.
The thing people don't seem to get is that there are other more deadly diseases out there and they are also sexually transmitted also. Even condoms cannot protect against AIDS.
Your neighbors son seems to want to be an idiot. Hepatitis A by food poisoning is not the only food poisoning there is.

Answer 5

I don't think it will cause promiscuity. Everything is not a "conspiracy theory" and sometimes people try and do things to help you and your kids. Weather we want to live in a fantasy land or not kids are still going to have sex.

If anything I don't think an STD will make them as promiscuous as birth control and the sort. I'd rather let my kid get one and know that they are safe instead of saying no I dont want them to because it might promote sex and then a couple years later they have it.

There are a lot more STDs out there to worry about, so i think they realize that because they cannot really get HPV after the shot dosen't mean they cannot get another STD, HIV, or Pregnant.

God Bless

Answer 6

While the vaccine prevents only 4 types of HPV that cause cancer, those 4 strains account for 70% of all cervical cancers. 70%!

I don't think it gives girls an excuse to be promiscuous. Every parent would like to believe that their child will remain a virgin until marriage. In fact, we don't like to think of them having sex after they're adults! However, the reality is that most kids will have sex before marriage, and if your child doesn't have sex before, can you gaurantee that their spouse is a virgin as well? Are you willing to bet your daughter's life on it?

Answer 7

How about one from a strong Protestant Christian who is not "born again."

I am alarmed that this vaccine is not being proposed for girls AND boys. Let's say the girl remains a virgin until marriage, but her husband-to-be is not. She can still get it then.

The vaccine also costs upward of $400, but that's irrelevent.

What is relevent is that we are putting the whole burden of prevention on girls, and that is just wrong, wrong wrong.

Cervical cancer is a horrible, painful death. Wiping out HPV would be a blessing. But to erradicate a disease you must vaccinate both boys and girls. there are plenty of other diseases out there to scare young girls with in the hope that they will be virtuous, and no one goes and steps on rusty nails because there are tetanus shots.

Answer 8

being in the medical field i know that hpv is not just a sexually transmitted diease... there are different strands of hpv and 1 being the type to cause cervical cancer... i think the company who made it intended it to be used for that reason... now being a believer also i feel only the person getting it can make that choice to become promisuous or not... falling into sin is a choice people make every single day and who are we to judge...

Answer 9

Hm. I never thought of it that way... The vaccine should be available to women, though; I don't think the majority of women will go out and have unprotected sex and be promiscuous after receiving the vaccine. It doesn't wipe out all STDs and people already engage in premarital sex, anyway. I would think most women are smart enough to take care of themselves and respect their bodies.

Answer 10

I think the HPV vaccine and i am sure it has saved lives. The people that abuse this vaccine abuse many things and it will catch up with them.They do not respect their bodies.I think the ones whose lives have been saved out weight the ones that do not take care of themselves.I am a Christian ,and some Christians are always looking for something to say it is wrong. This is a great Question and I Thank You.

Answer 11

I am torn on it. I don't want to think my daughter getting any sort of STD vaccination. But its a time sensitive vaccine. The earlier to get it, you the better it works.
That in mind, no I don't think its a free license. I have expectations of my kids. I'm thier parent. It's MY job to teach them about sex. This vaccine also doesn't protect ALL STD's. I'm not born again or even Christian.
Ok that's my serious answer.
LOL at the jelly donuts