There's NO WAY IN HELL, I'm going to allow 'the government' to tell me to give MY Daughter anything that relates to HER reproductive system...yes, cervical cancer is bad. all cancer is bad.
I was mad enough at the 'school' giving dental hygiene ...I provide for my child. I don't NEED the school to brush my kids teeth!! The neglected kids probably needed it, but it shouldn't be administered through 'the school'..!!

Let the parent take care their girls's body. My girls should not be assumed by the government to be prostitutes. I take the requirement for girls to take this vaccine as an insult on my family value and my culture.

Amy, it's more than a little inflammatory to say that the government is treating your daughters as prostitutes.

Teen sex is real. Cervical cancer is real. If they're going to get vaccinated, why take the risk that it is done in vain (i.e., too late)? Vaccinating at age 12 is a way of *ensuring* that teens are protected once they start sexual experimentation, which they will.

Tim, sexaul experimentation is NOT inevitable as evidenced by the growing number of teens remaining abstinent.

There are still some unknowns about this vaccination and it has wisely been made voluntary in that parents can opt out for their children.

1 in 4 U.S. female teenagers have an STD: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ga8zWgMrgsda8IjHsRh4FvVjbT9QD8VBF4D00

@Frank McKinney: Please point to a peer-reviewed study showing that successful abstinence is increasing.

I agree that parents should have a way to opt out, but I don't believe for an instant that teens aren't having sexual encounters.