To ensure vaccination is give before risk of first exposure rises.
This recommendation shouldn't be a surprise. The FDA approved the Gardacil vaccine for males in 2009.
The issue we have is ensure parental involvement. This year in CA, AB 499 (Atkins), signed by Jerry Brown, passed with bipartisan support (including RINO San Diego mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher).
AB 499 authorized 12 year olds and older to consent by themselves to STD preventative healthcare procedures, including vaccinations. The bill didn't include a parental notice, let alone parental involvement in the decision process. What's happening in other states?
I'm not against Gardasil, but no government should have a direct channel to coercing kids on healthcare decisions and operate to exclude parental involvement. That is the worst kind of statism.
Its wrong for the taxpayers to pay for it and its also wrong to mandate it. Not only did Perry want to mandate it, he wanted Texans to shell out the $130 or so it cost.
PerryCare?