Legally Mandated HPV: Why Not?
Concerned Women of America has recently posted its views on lawmakers mandating the vacine for HPV on its website:
Concerned Women for America does not object to the new vaccine that protects against certain strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer in women. Proponents of the vaccine, however, wrongly wish to compel every young girl from 9-11 years old to be vaccinated before she attends school.
Concerned Women for America is committed to support, protect and advocate the God-given right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. Parents know what is best for their daughters and if given the information about this disease will make the best decision for the health of their child. Therefore, we urge lawmakers to resist mandating this vaccine.
Let parents be parents, for heaven's sake! Yes, I object to the government treating our children like a herd of cattle. Why don't they spend that money on something useful - like abstinence education programs?
But isn't the government simply concerned about the health of our children? No, I would say that the government is more concerned with giving our tax money away to the manufacturer of the HPV vaccine, Merck, who will make billions of dollars if the vacine is mandated by law. Merck gives our politicians big bucks for their political campaigns and now it's payback time. Like most Americans today, I put little trust in our government (especially since Bill Clinton's stint in office), large corporations, and the FDA (now run by a close friend of Hillary (abortion) Clinton who recommended the Morning After Pill be sold over the counter).
I am sick of all these celebrities coming out and endorsing sex outside of marriage and sending out the wrong message to our youth. Just don't get a disease - get vaccinated - and that will solve all your problems.
I agree with Jill Stanek, who, in her post HPV and lung cancer, offers some useful suggestions for ways that celebrities like Marissa Jaret Winokur and IL state Sen. Debbie Halvorson who both have HPV can help.
Jill opines:
Winokur and Halvorson would be most helpful by discussing the health consequences of pre- or extra-marital sex. Here are some potential topics:
They could discuss the number of sex partners they have had throughout their lifetime and how each one increased the likelihood of contracting HPV.
If they even had only one sex partner aside from their husbands, they could discuss how one can contract HPV from a sole encounter.
They could discuss whether they realized at the time their sex partners carried HPV, which most trusting, vulnerable women don't.
They could disclose whether it was their husbands who passed HPV on to them after sleeping with other women, demonstrating another reason for chaste behavior outside the marriage bedroom.
More uncomfortably, if they contracted HPV through rape, they could discuss ways to avoid rape.
Related posts: People Magazine on Sex: Don't Stop, Get a Shot
Concerned Women for America does not object to the new vaccine that protects against certain strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer in women. Proponents of the vaccine, however, wrongly wish to compel every young girl from 9-11 years old to be vaccinated before she attends school.
Concerned Women for America is committed to support, protect and advocate the God-given right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. Parents know what is best for their daughters and if given the information about this disease will make the best decision for the health of their child. Therefore, we urge lawmakers to resist mandating this vaccine.
Let parents be parents, for heaven's sake! Yes, I object to the government treating our children like a herd of cattle. Why don't they spend that money on something useful - like abstinence education programs?
But isn't the government simply concerned about the health of our children? No, I would say that the government is more concerned with giving our tax money away to the manufacturer of the HPV vaccine, Merck, who will make billions of dollars if the vacine is mandated by law. Merck gives our politicians big bucks for their political campaigns and now it's payback time. Like most Americans today, I put little trust in our government (especially since Bill Clinton's stint in office), large corporations, and the FDA (now run by a close friend of Hillary (abortion) Clinton who recommended the Morning After Pill be sold over the counter).
I am sick of all these celebrities coming out and endorsing sex outside of marriage and sending out the wrong message to our youth. Just don't get a disease - get vaccinated - and that will solve all your problems.
I agree with Jill Stanek, who, in her post HPV and lung cancer, offers some useful suggestions for ways that celebrities like Marissa Jaret Winokur and IL state Sen. Debbie Halvorson who both have HPV can help.
Jill opines:
Winokur and Halvorson would be most helpful by discussing the health consequences of pre- or extra-marital sex. Here are some potential topics:
They could discuss the number of sex partners they have had throughout their lifetime and how each one increased the likelihood of contracting HPV.
If they even had only one sex partner aside from their husbands, they could discuss how one can contract HPV from a sole encounter.
They could discuss whether they realized at the time their sex partners carried HPV, which most trusting, vulnerable women don't.
They could disclose whether it was their husbands who passed HPV on to them after sleeping with other women, demonstrating another reason for chaste behavior outside the marriage bedroom.
More uncomfortably, if they contracted HPV through rape, they could discuss ways to avoid rape.
Related posts: People Magazine on Sex: Don't Stop, Get a Shot
Well said. These are great suggestions. It's about time our politicans and Hollywood celebrities started promoting abstinence rather than sexual promiscuity.
ReplyDeleteGreat suggestions! Now if we could only convince all celebrities to warn young people about STD's pregnancy and get parents to be parents and tell their kids the truth. Abstinence is the only effective way to avoid these dangers.
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