House votes to extend deadline for HPV vaccinations

who are supporting smoking legislation are supporting this legislation. The government has no right to legislate morality or to force us to take unnecessary vaccinations. And I find it ironic that you can "opt-out" by signing a statement that you are aware of the risks, when the state and manufacturer themselves are unaware of the risks associated with this drug. We can't legislate everything. Let the people choose, please.

to have a well developed, age appropriate health and sex education classroom instruction. If a teacher can not, or will not present the discussion, then bring in the school nurse - if there are school nurses. Since the Commonwealth (STATE) wants to dictate to adults when and where one can smoke and now wans to dictate to parents when their children will have STD preventive medication, the "STATE" should follow through with health\sex education in the classroom.

I don't think forcing people to take a drug to kill an STD virus ranks up there with MMR regardless of the long term affect. Its one thing to guard against a childhood disease that spreads an airborn illness, but its quite another to just assume that a woman will come into contact with this virus because of unsafe sex. The MMR shot WILL stop MMR in almost all cases, but the HPV shot will not stop cervical cancer. The HPV manufacturers admit that. Pap smears will detect conditions that may cause cancer, but are not forced on women, so why the push for this series of shots? From what the media tells us, most smokers begin smoking in their teens. Should we ask the government to force anyone entering high school to wear a dermal patch? I'm not against lowering the chances of someone getting cancer, and I would only want my 3 daughters to have the best, but there comes a time when government has got to step back and know their role in the peoples lives. When long term studies have shown HPV to be safe, it should be my choice, as a parent, to allow my daughters to receive these shots.

What our highly intelligent lawmakers are forgetting is that the HPV virus is an STD. Plain and simple. The simple solution; rather than requiring girls to have the vaccination even though the effects aren't yet known- is to acknowledge that it is an std and encourage safety. And who knows if the vaccination will even do anything. There isn't enough evidence to suport what the government wants to use it for. It won't prevent all cervical cancer. It is also none of the governments business about a woman's health. All they should be doing is encouraging parents to talk with their daughters- not requiring action. It sounds a bit unconstitutional to me. But no one cares about our rights anymore- as long as it's "for the good of the people." Even when it's not. What is good for me may not be good for you and vice versa.