UK: Ministers ignored parents' fears over cervical cancer jab

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sorry don't agree with this - " Go-ahead for

programme to give girls HPV vaccine, despite

concerns it would be 'a licence for promiscuity'

but............research showed young people

saying it " The HPV Parental Attitudes Survey,

carried out in England and Wales on behalf of the

Department of Health (DoH), also revealed that

many young people themselves predicted that the

jab could lead to increased promiscuity. "

Who knows?

But the whole thing of this vaccine preventing

cancer is what needs to be looked at

And what are viruses and on and on

Waiting for the injury reports to come in on this

one (Cervarix with latex being used not Gardasil)

more info on hpv on my webpages but I don't have anything on Cervarix yet

http://www.wellwithin1.com/hpv.htm

Disgusting photo...........

Sheri

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ministers-ignored-parents-fears-ov\

er-cervical-cancer-jab-921704.html

Ministers ignored parents' fears over cervical cancer jab

Go-ahead for programme to give girls HPV vaccine,

despite concerns it would be 'a licence for promiscuity'

By Brady, Whitehall Editor

Sunday, 7 September 2008

A Department of Health leaflet encouraging teenage girls to be

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A Department of Health leaflet encouraging

teenage girls to be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus

Ministers went ahead with the programme to

vaccinate schoolgirls against cervical cancer

despite government-funded research concluding

that parents were widely opposed to the move,

with many fearing it would give their daughters a licence to be promiscuous.

Schools across the United Kingdom last week began

offering all 12- and 13-year-old girls the

vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV),

blamed for causing 70 per cent of incidences of

cervical cancer. ish schoolgirls last week

became the first in the UK to be vaccinated.

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will follow in the coming weeks.

The multimillion-pound campaign against HPV,

which is spread by sexual contact, is believed to

be the biggest public-health programme ever launched in this country.

But an internal research study obtained by The

Independent on Sunday reveals the extent of

parental resistance to the vaccine. Parents

rejected the suggestion that their daughters

should be able to consent to having the vaccine

without the permission or even the knowledge of their parents.

The HPV Parental Attitudes Survey, carried out in

England and Wales on behalf of the Department of

Health (DoH), also revealed that many young

people themselves predicted that the jab could lead to increased promiscuity.

" There is a danger that girls will be lulled into

a false sense of security and imagine that they

can engage in sexual activity without any serious

risk to their health, " said Norman Wells,

director of the Family Education Trust. " Giving

the vaccination to girls without the consent of

their parents is unethical and a recipe for

disaster. It is sending out the message that

girls under 16 have a right to a private sex life

and treating with contempt the protection given by the age of consent. "

The survey, carried out among scores of parents,

children and health workers through

questionnaires and focus groups, found that many

parents feared that vaccinating 11-to 12-year-old

girls against cervical cancer would give their

daughters " a licence to engage in underage and unprotected sex " .

It added: " A good number of young people felt

that the vaccine might lead to increased

promiscuity, but felt that it was more likely

that the vaccine could promote unsafe sex practices. "

The DoH insisted that parents' views had been

taken into consideration. A spokeswoman said the

programme would help to protect girls and young

women against cervical cancer – and prevent up to

400 deaths per year. She added: " The research

helped to gauge levels of awareness and

understanding of HPV and the vaccine among girls

and their parents. We were better prepared to

help address issues and concerns that parents had. "

Professor Steve Field of the Royal College of

General Practitioners (RCGP) said: " The evidence

is clear that this is an extremely effective way

of preventing cervical cancer and no way will it

lead to an increase in promiscuity in young

girls. I want my own daughters to have the vaccine. "

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Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

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