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Such concerns in turn inspired more than 100 lawmakers to write to the CDC to warn about playing politics with what should be purely scientific judgments. "Certain activists and organizations are mounting a campaign to prevent this vaccine from becoming widely available," the letter stated. "They cite the possibility that...
Women's groups also mobilized in support, worried that the fate of the vaccine could mirror that of Plan B, the emergency contraceptive that has been subject to political battles. "I lost my grandmother to cervical cancer, and have two daughters who might be spared that fate with this vaccine...
It all 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...
Some groups hadn't even formulated a position until reporters started to call. "I haven't had another issue where our position has been so distorted and exaggerated," says Peter Sprigg, vice president for policy of the Family Research Council. The vaccine was never a high-priority issue, he insists...
So conservative groups met with representatives from Merck, the vaccine manufacturer, which among other things presented evidence at the CDC hearings that there was no data linking access to the vaccine with increases in sexual behavior. "We did what we ordinarily do when we are prepared to launch a vaccine...