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...seemed to have the makings of a classic political showdown, except that conservatives now say they were not actually "opposing an effective vaccine." "This is an awesome vaccine," Linda Klepacki, analyst for sexual health at Focus on the Family, told me when asked her about her group's position. "It could prevent millions of deaths around the world. We support this vaccine. We see it as an extremely important medical breakthrough. To read those headlines saying we're against this is really disconcerting." What they are against, she explained, is making vaccination mandatory rather than leaving it up to parents...
...conservatives, this comes down to a question of parental rights. Unlike diseases for which there are required immunizations, explains Klepacki, "this is a disease you don't catch by sneezing or coughing. It's linked to a behavior. You don't contract HPV by sitting in a classroom. So this is a different issue." Parents need to make an informed decision; her group's website includes the pros and cons of vaccination and has links to the CDC and the American Cancer Society. "You may want to vaccinate a child just in case," she says. "We see the extremely positive...
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