LarryMullen's_POPAngel said:
If parents talk to their daughters beforehand, and stress the "you're less likely to get cancer" than the "hey guess what? go get freaky this weekend, you've earned it; you've had the vaccine!" factor, then maybe we wouldn't be so concerned in the first place. 
Exactly-and I dont know why some of these parents seemingly doubt their own influence and parenting abilities, and the intelligence and self-esteem of their own daughters-so much so that they are threatened by a vaccine. I think perhaps the time spent worrying about the vaccine could be better spent on your relationship with your child and in helping them develop the proper esteem and skills to deal with sexuality issues and all that is invoved with them. Of course parents can do all that and the kids will still have sex prematurely-but the odds are in favor of them not doing so if you do that with your child, I would think. I personally think something is askew when a parent thinks their daughter will run out and have sex if they get a vaccine to prevent cancer. If I was that age and my parent thought that about me, I would be hurt by that.
I heard on CNN last night that 18 other states are considering making the vaccine mandatory-and that basically if you are a teen in the early teen group and having sex you will get HPV.
Texas Gov. urged against cancer order
By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON, Associated Press WriterMon Feb 5, 11:04 PM ET
Several key Republicans urged Gov. Rick Perry on Monday to rescind his executive order making Texas the first state to require girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
Lawmakers should have been allowed to hear from doctors, scientists and patients before the state implemented such a sweeping mandate, said state Sen. Jane Nelson, chairwoman of the health and human services committee.
"This is not an emergency," said Nelson, adding that she plans to ask Attorney General Greg Abbott for an opinion on the legality of Perry's order. "It needs to be discussed and debated."
Three other Republican lawmakers filed bills that would override the mandate, and several others were working on similar legislation.
Perry defended his decision, saying his fellow conservatives were wrong to worry that mandating the vaccine will trample parents' rights and promote premarital sex.
"Providing the HPV vaccine doesn't promote sexual promiscuity any more than providing the Hepatitis B vaccine promotes drug use," Perry said in a statement. "If the medical community developed a vaccine for lung cancer, would the same critics oppose it claiming it would encourage smoking?"
Texas allows parents to opt out of inoculations by filing an affidavit objecting to the vaccine on religious or philosophical reasons, but critics say the order still interferes with parental rights.
"I don't think the government should ever presume to know better than the parents what to do with children," Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said.
http://keye.healthology.com/cancer/article190.htm?pg=2
"Although some questions remain as to how popular a vaccine against a sexually transmitted disease will be, a study published in September 2005 in the Journal of Adolescent Health showed that up to 80 percent of parents were in favor of having their child vaccinated against treatable sexually transmitted infections, like HPV. (90 percent were in favor of vaccinations against HIV and herpes, STDs that have no cure). And in a recent survey, only 11 percent of doctors felt that immunizing against the virus would encourage promiscuous sexual behavior."
Cervical cancer was once the most common cause of cancer death for American women. But the increased use of Pap screening has helped to reduce the death rate by 75 percent, as the test can detect precancerous changes in the lining of the cervix at a stage where the cancer is most curable. Still, it is estimated that over 10,000 cases of cervical cancer will be diagnosed this year, resulting in over 3,000 deaths
Any sexually active woman who has sexual contact with an infected partner is at risk for acquiring HPV, no matter how much protection is used. Even routine condom use does not decrease this risk, as the virus is spread through either through contact with the skin or mucous membranes of an infected partner. An HPV infection may cause visible genital warts, but an infection may be present even without such warning signs.
As there are over 100 strains of the HPV virus and only a few are known to be cancerous, most cases of HPV will never develop into cervical cancer. In fact, infections generally clear up by themselves, according to Laurie Markowitz, a medical epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control.
or a lot of things.
