Arkansas HPV Vaccine Bill

This is a good thing. A bill was introduced to make immunizations that protect against sexually transmitted diseases voluntary. This is because of the little tempest that Texas Gov. Rick Perry created when he mandated that HPV vaccines would be mandatory for young girls.

"It’s not a disease that’s innocently contracted by either an airborne illness or through some sort of contact in a nonsexual manner," said state Sen. Shawn Womack, R-Mountain Home, a co-sponsor of the bill. "These are diseases that are specifically sexual in nature. And to put parents and children in the position that they’re mandated to be vaccinated, I just don’t think is the right public policy approach on that."

I definitely think this is one health issue that the parents should decide on and not the government.