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May 25, 2005

Family Research Council wants to kill 200,000 women every year

Do you ever read something, and your jaw just drops and you are speechless and you can't believe that this stuff is actually happening, and there are crazies out there that condone that sort of thing?

Well, here's one for ya.

Now conservative Christian groups are preparing to battle a new
scourge: Vaccines that could prevent more than 200,000 women from dying
of cervical cancer each year (including 5,000 here in the United States).

The vaccines, which have been developed by Merck and GlaxoSmithKline,
immunize against infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), a common
STD that is responsible for the vast majority of cervical cancer cases.
But abstinence only advocates love HPV. That's because the virus can be
spread by skinto-skin contact other than intercourse, meaning that
condoms are less effective at preventing HPV infection than blocking the
spread of other STDs. Abstinence groups don't want a vaccine to eliminate
this fear factor. "Giving the HPV vaccine to young women could be
potentially harmful because they may see it as a license to engage in
premarital sex," says Bridget Maher of the Family Research Council, a
Christian lobby that plans to fight a Merck campaign to make HPV
vaccination mandatory for all girls by the time they enter junior high.
Of course, absolutely no evidence supports Maher's claim. But there's
plenty of evidence that an HPV vaccine will prevent thousands of
needless deaths.

Now what was that about a culture of life?


So, while we are at it, let's eliminate all heart surgery. I mean really. Those lazy good for nothing chubbo bon-bon eating no-exercise gettin' couch potato people don't deserve to live anyway, right? Same with all pulmonary procedures. Those stinky bad-breath smokers with addictive personalities and icky teeth shouldn't be allowed to live on the earth with sin-free perfect specimens such as me.