[GeronL]

Perry tried to mandate it. But the public outcry stopped him.

[guitarplayer1953]

Who or what state mandated it? Because I had heard that it was not fully tested because a govenor had mandated it and so lots of tests were not done. ,p> from msnbc

AUSTIN, Texas - Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.

So it apears that Perry did mandate it therefore it did not get fully tested.