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Monday, May 09, 2005

Moral Grounds

This story about the Religious Right's objections to the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine looks like it originally came from Salon.com. Seems that some are concerned that a vaccination to prevent HPV (which can often sneak past condoms) might be interpreted as a go-ahead to have all the crazy, reckless pre-marital sex one wants.

HPV is an STI that is often symptom-free. Sometimes it goes away, sometimes it doesn't. But, it's scarily prevalent. It is also one of the leading causes of cervical cancer.

I think the primary aim of an HPV vaccine would be the prevention of cancer.
But if there's protection against that particular STI, what argument does the Right have against pre-marital sex? After all, with the HPV around, the case can be made that the only TRULY safe sex is to have none at all, isn't that right Right?

Yeah, I'm looking at you Religious Right... I know your game.
I
know
your
game.

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