Vacccinate or not??

UHHHH, Gov. Perry has stirred up a hornet's nest here in Texas. Can you believe that he wants to require all young girls to be vaccinated with the hvp vaccine, starting at age 9? Below are excerpts from http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/health/4523542.html

Beginning in September 2008, girls entering the sixth grade will have to receive Gardasil, Merck & Co.'s new vaccine against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV.

Texas allows parents to opt out of inoculations by filing an affidavit objecting to the vaccine on religious or philosophical reasons. Conservative groups say such provisions still interfere with parents' rights to make medical decisions for their children.

The executive order is effective until Perry or a successor changes it, and the Legislature has no authority to repeal it, said Perry spokeswoman Krista Moody. Moody said the Texas Constitution permits the governor, as head of the executive branch, to order other members of the executive branch to adopt rules like this one.

Some believe there is more going on behind the scenes.
Perry has ties to Merck and Women in Government. One of the drug company's three lobbyists in Texas is Mike Toomey, Perry's former chief of staff. His current chief of staff's mother-in-law, Texas Republican state Rep. Dianne White Delisi, is a state director for Women in Government.
The governor also received $6,000 from Merck's political action committee during his re-election campaign.

Will my 9 year old get the shot? We homeschool and from what I have read is that HPV is sexually transmitted disease that can lead to cervical cancer. Why would a 9 year old receive a shot for an STD if she isn't having sex??? and shouldn't be.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm

Then you have the other side...but it can prevent cervical cancer.

Well...If I vaccinate my daughter is that saying I would be accepting her decision to go out and have premarital sex???

Now, if you are not having sex, you are not exposing yourself to HPV, which is an STD, which could lead to cervical cancer, which is BAD and you would be practicing ABSTINENCE, which is what GOD says you should do! That is pretty simple. We always try to make everything so hard!

Just a thought...