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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Law - More on: Indiana lags behind Texas in protecting its girls

"Moves to Vaccinate Girls For Cervical Cancer Draw Fire" is the headline to this story today in the Wall Street Journal that begins:

Bills being drafted in some 20 U.S. states that would make a cervical-cancer vaccine mandatory for preteen girls are sparking a backlash among parents and consumer advocates.

The bills coincide with an aggressive lobbying campaign by Merck & Co., the maker of the only such vaccine on the market. Called Gardasil, the three-shot regimen provides protection against the human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted virus that is responsible for the majority of cases of cervical cancer.

Unfortunately, the WSJ story is not freely available online at this point. Check back later - often their stories are republished in other papers.

For backgournd, see this ILB entry from Feb. 2nd.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 7, 2007 12:02 PM
Posted to General Law Related