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February 3, 2007
Executive Order: Gardasil Mandatory in Texas
Texas Governor Rick Perry has issued an executive order making Merck's cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, mandatory for all girls entering the 6th grade beginning in September 2008.
Perry bypassed the Texas state Legislature and ignored vocal opposition by parents throughout the state.
The AP is reporting that Perry has deep ties with Merck:
Perry has several ties to Merck and Women in Government. One of the drug company's three lobbyists in Texas is Mike Toomey, his 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 ... Perry also received $6,000 from Merck's political action committee during his re-election campaign.
Bravo to the AP for putting Gov. Perry's Merck ties out there. It is completely unethical that somebody with ties to a drug company would make an executive order that all girls should receive that company's vaccine. Why not let the bill go through the Legislature? What's the rush?
This kind of thing should be illegal in the United States. When it comes to our health, no government official should have the right to make an "executive order" that favors a corporation over the people.
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Tags: cervical cancer, gardasil, hpv, health, merck, cervical cancer vaccine, hpv vaccine
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Parents do still have say, but i really wish mine knew about this vaccine before i contracted HPV! This isn't a fun virus and i have had surgery for it twice. My sister and her bf lost there virginity togetherand she even got it somehow. It is a crazy virus and being 17 when i got it, it really sucked. It isn't going to hurt your daughters, but it will benefit them in the long run.
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ok im only 15 and im a virgin. i know that if the government tries to make me have the shots i will fight it. it is not the governments right to tell us what we put in our bodies. i know im not the only one that feels this way. the drug has only been on the market for a short time and there hasnt been very much study on it. yes its been proven to prevent cervical cancer..now. but what about in 10 or 15 years? will it cause some other medical condition. the company hasnt had the drug long enough to test it for long term effects. i refuse to take a drug to which i dont know what it could do to my body. Honestly and truely, i hope that they do try to compell me to take the drug, because then i get my chance in court, and hopefully give other young girls, and mothers of young girls who oppose the government telling us that we MUST take a drug, hopefully i can give them a choice.
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How can they make this mandatory? Why are they so gun-hoe to implement this? Don't parents have a say anymore? :(