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Cervical Cancer Vaccine for the 12 Year Old
June 20, 2007 at 2:26 PM
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But there are many who are not in agreement with the new programme of the government. Some parents and religious groups say the vaccine could encourage girls to have unprotected sex. The ethical and religious groups oppose the scheme and believe girls should be taught to abstain from sex rather than go in for the vaccine.
Colin Hart, the director of the Christian Institute charity, said: "It's basically a sex jab, encouraging the view that girls can be sexually available. It is a disease that you can only get through being sexually promiscuous. The thing we should be doing is trying to stop kids being sexually active."
A spokesman for the Catholic Church has said that any vaccination programme should be supported by the promotion of "sex within marriage" and that "the promotion of marriage should remain the number one social policy priority.
There are already quite a few people who are keen to see their children immunised. As a former nurse practitioner and the chief executive of a private primary healthcare group, for example, Sarah Dean is intent on using every tool at her disposal to protect her five children's health. Some feel that itīs a good idea, theyīre going to have sex some day anyway and itīs better to prevent than cure.
Although men are just as likely to be infected as women, it is not yet known if the vaccine is effective on them.
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