Human papillomavirus vaccine; removes requirement for girls to receive immunization. (HB89)
Introduced By
Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Immunizations; human papillomavirus. Removes requirement that girls receive the human papillomavirus vaccine. Read the Bill »
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Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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12/13/2007 | Committee |
12/13/2007 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084019616 |
12/13/2007 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
01/10/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB89) |
01/15/2008 | Tabled in Health, Welfare and Institutions |
Comments
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'..!!
Once upon a time there was actually a political philosophy that held people had a basic right to make their own medical decisions, that the state must have an overwhelming public health concern before they could so interfere. Polio is an example. Perhaps even the way one kid could put a classroom to bed with measles is an example. But Gardasil does not meet this test. The use of Gardasil is an issue that should be decided between a person and their doctor, not our nanny state legislators.
This bill should be passed
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.