The American Taliban, Part II

Tristero, over at Hullabaloo, has a post up about a new vaccine to help prevent cervical cancer. It turns out that most cervical cancers are caused by the HPV virus, which is transmitted sexually. Merck claims to have developed a vaccine, trademarked "Gardasil," which it claims prevents transmission of the HPV virus in most cases. Apparently, the vaccine is most effective if it is administered to 10-12 year old girls.

Enter the religious right:

... Hal Wallace, head of the anti-fucking activist group that's deliberately mislabeleld as"Physicians Consortium," believes that vaccinating an 11 year-old girl against cervical cancer would send a message "that you just take this shot and you can be as sexually promiscuous as you want." And the equally loony Family Research Council (James Dobson's band of self-righteous prigs) says "it would oppose any measures to legally require vaccination."