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**sarasmid** · 02-22-2007, 12:35 AM

Like I said, requiring boys to get the vaccine as well would be a more balanced argument than jimmy slicing. I agree with you completely on this. If any state insists on mandating the HPV vaccine for girls, then as soon as Merck perfects the vaccine for boys, I think they should get it, too.

But, as I said before, I'm highly against a mandatory HPV vaccine. (For the record, I'm also against forced circumcision.)

The mandatory vaccine would open a Pandara's box of mandatory STD vaccines, tests and procedures. An extreme would be mandatory circumcisions, since many studies show they reduce the risk of HPV contraction and transmission. Even more extreme would be mandatory cervix removals of HPV positive girls.

If you think that I'm projecting scenarios that are too extreme, I invite you to recall a law or ruling that started out with "good intent" and went terrible awry.

02-22-2007, 12:35 AM	#24
sarasmid Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	Like I said, requiring boys to get the vaccine as well would be a more balanced argument than jimmy slicing. I agree with you completely on this. If any state insists on mandating the HPV vaccine for girls, then as soon as Merck perfects the vaccine for boys, I think they should get it, too. But, as I said before, I'm highly against a mandatory HPV vaccine. (For the record, I'm also against forced circumcision.) The mandatory vaccine would open a Pandara's box of mandatory STD vaccines, tests and procedures. An extreme would be mandatory circumcisions, since many studies show they reduce the risk of HPV contraction and transmission. Even more extreme would be mandatory cervix removals of HPV positive girls. If you think that I'm projecting scenarios that are too extreme, I invite you to recall a law or ruling that started out with "good intent" and went terrible awry.
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