US conservatives block cancer vaccine for girls

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Pooja , Shimla: May 15 2007

Made Popular May 15 2007

Plans to vaccinate young girls against the sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer have been blocked in several US states by conservative groups, who say that doing so would encourage promiscuity. However, the proponents asserted that...

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Tags: Human Papillomavirus, Cancer Vaccine, Promiscuity, Conservative Groups

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Gagandeep May 15 2007

Shimla, India

I completely agree with You. The conservative argument that vaccination will be ’Encouraging Promiscuity’ is both - fallacious and deprecating. Does this mean that the values passed on by society, in general, and parents, in particular, are proving insufficient. Even if for an argument’s sake we were to assume that vaccination may increase frequency of sexual encounters, it still doesn’t absolve society , or for that matter health authorities, from trying their best to lessen the impact of a potentially deadly disease.

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