Conservative Cancer

"A new vaccine that protects against cervical cancer has set up a clash between health advocates who want to use the shots aggressively to prevent thousands of malignancies and social conservatives who say immunizing teen-agers could encourage sexual activity.

Although the vaccine will not become available until next year at the earliest, activists on both sides have begun maneuvering to influence how widely the immunizations will be employed."

This is incredible... social conservatives are actually opposed to a vaccine which could save lives! According to the article, the vaccine would protect against the human papilloma virus, which is sexually transmitted and which can cause cancer. It's the primary cause of cancer in the US and affects 10,000 women each year, killing more than 3,700.

I wonder if social conservatives would feel differently about the vaccine if it saved the lives of men.

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- Jean Chen