School House Rock or School House Shot

When many of us as kids in the 70's and 80's remember School House Rock; Lolly get your adverbs here, Conjuction Junction what's your function, and I am just a "Bill". These are all memories now and you no longer see them on Saturday mornings. Ah, the good ole days.

Well for girls in Texas, they will be looking back remembering their School House Shot.

Headline on MSN today: Texas governor orders STD vaccine for all girls.

Quote from the article;
By employing an executive order, Perry sidestepped opposition in the Legislature from conservatives and parents’ rights groups who fear such a requirement would condone premarital sex and interfere with the way Texans raise their children.

Beginning in September 2008, girls entering the sixth grade — meaning, generally, girls ages 11 and 12 — will have to receive Gardasil, Merck & Co.’s new vaccine against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV.
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I am sure the conservatives and parents' rights activists will have plenty to say about this. If you ask me, which you don't have to cause it is my post. I think it is a good idea. What we are talking about here is preventing a disease. The issue of how it is transmitted is less relevant if you ask me. If this in fact is a vaccine works, it should slow or help prevent STD's. Something that is transmitted in an act, that most parents have little or no knowledge that their kids are participating in, the act of SEX.

I am sure there are some parents that walked up hills both ways to school in the snow, that would say, "Let them learn it the hard way." I would hope not, but it does take all types to make the world go round. However, what would concern you more as a parent? Your child coming home from school saying; "I was vaccinated for STD's at school today." or "I think I have acquired an STD."

You tell me...

TDK