Groups Back HPV Vaccine for Girls
Conservative Christian groups say they support vaccinating female students against a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer as long as parental opt-out provisions remain.
The District, Maryland and Virginia have joined at least eight states in proposing that girls as young as 11 who attend public schools receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Under proposed legislation, it would become one of several required immunizations for public school children in the region.
The American Cancer Society issued guidelines for the vaccine yesterday, including a recommendation that 11- and 12-year-old girls get the series of shots.
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