Texas and the HPV Vaccine

My wife, Danielle, caused a little bit of a stir with her latest MySpace blog post having to do with Texas offering the HPV vaccine to 6th graders.

I won’t comment too much about the post here. I already did so in the comments on Danielle’s page. I must digress and state that sometimes when I get writing about a topic, especially if I feel passionate about said topic, I feel like I have to fight the urge to wander in my writing. But I digress.

I find it strange that they feel the need to vaccinate school children for a disease that can only be caught through sex. Some people say the girls might get raped and would thus need the vaccine, but you can’t vaccinate a the whole population do to the chance that a horrible tragedy will happen to a few members of that population.

It definitely seems to be one of those moral choice issues. I believe strongly that choices have consequences. “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, ” etc. etc. That’s how God operates. He is a loving God, but He won’t be mocked. He gives us choice, but also warns that the choice may have unwanted consequences. That goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden. God gave both Adam and Eve plenty of fair warning, but in the end the choice was theirs’.

The debate seems like a dialogue between two people.

Person 1: “We’ll treat your burn you got from playin with the fire.”

Person 2: “Why not just not play with fire in the first place?”

Person 1: “I can’t believe you would suggest that this person not play with fire. Everyone plays with fire. It’s inevitable. Don’t you want to treat people burned by fire?”

Person 2: “Yes, I want to treat them, but if they hadn’t messed with the fire in the first place, they wouldn’t have gotten burned.”

I know it’s a little more complex and emotional than that, but there is some truth, I believe, to that exchange.

That’s the great thing about the ‘Net, free speech, and blogs. I can have my opinion and express it, Danielle can have her’s, and you, beloved reader, can have yours.

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