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HB89: Human papillomavirus vaccine; removes requirement for girls to receive immunization.

Chief Patron

Del. Bob Marshall (R-13)

Bob Marshall (R-13)
Manassas, VA
Served: 1992–

Progress

Yes Introduced
No Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Status

01/15/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee

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Summary

Immunizations; human papillomavirus. Removes requirement that girls receive the human papillomavirus vaccine.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/10/2008.

Comments

Marsha Maines writes:

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'..!!

Amy Liu writes:

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.

Tim McCormack writes:

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.

Frank McKinney writes:

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.

Alison Hymes writes:

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

Tim McCormack writes:

@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.

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