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More on Gardasil
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acroyear70 (who has some alarming must-read posts today) I do now. If this is the quality of her stuff, I'm going to become a regular reader. This is a link to Just Say No To Fire Extinguisers, wherein she applies the anti-cancer-vaccine arguments to the use and availability of fire extinguishers.
When she stops making analogies, she doesn't mince any words: Worldwide, 250,000 women will die of cervical cancer this year, and judging by his argument, Dr. Finger appears to believe that these tramps had it coming. Why? Because they made the fatal mistake of having sex before Finger’s god told them it was okay. Well, according to him, at least.
She also links to a rant at Truthdig, which has some really mind-blowing "death before defloration" quotes: Yet another organization that promotes abstinence is the Physicians Consortium. The head of the consortium, Dr. Hal Wallis, is also critical of the vaccine. In his opinion [http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/3429199D-5FE5-4795-B0E6-CD957617C160.asp], “If you don’t want to suffer these diseases, you need to abstain, and when you find a partner, stick with that partner.” The founder of the National Abstinence Clearinghouse also opposes the vaccine. This organization was formed “to promote the appreciation for and practice of sexual abstinence (purity) until marriage.” Leslee Unruh, the organization’s founder, stated firmly, “I personally object to vaccinating children against a disease that is 100% preventable with proper sexual behavior.”
These people were not vanquished when Gardasil was approved. They were not silenced. They are fighting a rearguard action that will allow them to criminally endanger their daughter's lives and the lives of every female child whose parents cannot afford the vaccine if it is not made mandatory.
What they are fighting for - and these quotes make it quite clear - is the ability to leave women unprotected and (icing on the cake) blame them for contracting cancer.
Do not let people frame this as being about sex and "being a good girl." This is about life and health. Anti-vaccine = pro-death. There is no other framework.
acroyear70 (who has some alarming must-read posts today) I do now. If this is the quality of her stuff, I'm going to become a regular reader. This is a link to Just Say No To Fire Extinguisers, wherein she applies the anti-cancer-vaccine arguments to the use and availability of fire extinguishers. When she stops making analogies, she doesn't mince any words: Worldwide, 250,000 women will die of cervical cancer this year, and judging by his argument, Dr. Finger appears to believe that these tramps had it coming. Why? Because they made the fatal mistake of having sex before Finger’s god told them it was okay. Well, according to him, at least.
She also links to a rant at Truthdig, which has some really mind-blowing "death before defloration" quotes: Yet another organization that promotes abstinence is the Physicians Consortium. The head of the consortium, Dr. Hal Wallis, is also critical of the vaccine. In his opinion [http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/3429199D-5FE5-4795-B0E6-CD957617C160.asp], “If you don’t want to suffer these diseases, you need to abstain, and when you find a partner, stick with that partner.” The founder of the National Abstinence Clearinghouse also opposes the vaccine. This organization was formed “to promote the appreciation for and practice of sexual abstinence (purity) until marriage.” Leslee Unruh, the organization’s founder, stated firmly, “I personally object to vaccinating children against a disease that is 100% preventable with proper sexual behavior.”
These people were not vanquished when Gardasil was approved. They were not silenced. They are fighting a rearguard action that will allow them to criminally endanger their daughter's lives and the lives of every female child whose parents cannot afford the vaccine if it is not made mandatory.
What they are fighting for - and these quotes make it quite clear - is the ability to leave women unprotected and (icing on the cake) blame them for contracting cancer.
Do not let people frame this as being about sex and "being a good girl." This is about life and health. Anti-vaccine = pro-death. There is no other framework.