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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 14799" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I wish they had something like this when my own daughter was young enough for it have done her some good. As for REQUIRING it ... I'm still undecided about that part. IF it is completely safe (and who really knows at this point) and IF parents who have strong objections can opt out of it for their own children ... well ... all I know is that if my own daughter were very young again, and if there were a chance to possibly protect her from getting cervical cancer later on in life, I'd consider it to be a blessing and go for it. Imagine! A vaccine that can actually PREVENT a form of cancer! Maybe in a few years there will be vaccines against other forms of cancer!</p><p></p><p>I know that many people feel that giving the innoculations is like giving their approval for their young daughters to have sex! I don't see it that way at all. The way I understood it was that it was most effective with very young girls who were not yet sexually active, on the assumption that it would protect them later in life when they did become sexually active. </p><p></p><p>I hardly think that the fear of getting cervical cancer when they are older will prevent very many young girls from having sex, or that removing that "fear" will free them up to party their lives away! Fear of pregnancy or STDs may make some of them think twice about becoming sexually active, but not a fear of cervical cancer. I know that when I was a kid, nobody that young worried about getting cervical cancer "someday". That was very, very remote, like something you might have to worry about when you were much older ... like "senility". I know that younger women can get it too ... maybe what we need is more information and education on the subject. But personally, if it were MY daughter, I'd go for it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 14799, member: 1883"] I wish they had something like this when my own daughter was young enough for it have done her some good. As for REQUIRING it ... I'm still undecided about that part. IF it is completely safe (and who really knows at this point) and IF parents who have strong objections can opt out of it for their own children ... well ... all I know is that if my own daughter were very young again, and if there were a chance to possibly protect her from getting cervical cancer later on in life, I'd consider it to be a blessing and go for it. Imagine! A vaccine that can actually PREVENT a form of cancer! Maybe in a few years there will be vaccines against other forms of cancer! I know that many people feel that giving the innoculations is like giving their approval for their young daughters to have sex! I don't see it that way at all. The way I understood it was that it was most effective with very young girls who were not yet sexually active, on the assumption that it would protect them later in life when they did become sexually active. I hardly think that the fear of getting cervical cancer when they are older will prevent very many young girls from having sex, or that removing that "fear" will free them up to party their lives away! Fear of pregnancy or STDs may make some of them think twice about becoming sexually active, but not a fear of cervical cancer. I know that when I was a kid, nobody that young worried about getting cervical cancer "someday". That was very, very remote, like something you might have to worry about when you were much older ... like "senility". I know that younger women can get it too ... maybe what we need is more information and education on the subject. But personally, if it were MY daughter, I'd go for it! [/QUOTE]
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