Re: Wow..imagine if that actually passed?

Once again it would seem like reality forefronts imagination:


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16948093/


http://www.feed24.com/?item_id=41215028



Texas governor orders STD vaccine for all girls
Decision comes after maker of cervical cancer shot doubled lobbying efforts


• Debate intensifies over cancer vaccine
Feb. 3: Friday's decision by the state of Texas to require a new vaccine for schoolgirls to prevent the disease that causes cervical cancer has stirred up quite a controversy. NBC's Michael Okwu reports on the debate.

Updated: 10:00 a.m. PT Feb 3, 2007

AUSTIN, Texas - Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.

By employing an executive order, Perry sidestepped opposition in the Legislature from conservatives and parents’ rights groups who fear such a requirement would condone premarital sex and interfere with the way Texans raise their children.

Beginning in September 2008, girls entering the sixth grade — meaning, generally, girls ages 11 and 12 — will have to receive Gardasil, Merck & Co.’s new vaccine against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV. Tweet