Texas Governor, Rick Perry, issued an Order requiring cervical cancer vaccination for school attendance. The vaccinations would have protected a generation of texans from the tragedy of cervical cancer, a preventable disease from which about 4,000 women each year in the U.S. continue to die.
Texas lawmakers passed a bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Dennis Bonnen, that blocks requiring the vaccinations for at least another four years.
The Associated Press reported that, "The Legislature was outraged that Perry acted without consulting them. Just days after the governor issued the order, prominent legislators promised to do whatever it took to overturn the order, saying the vaccine is too new to force on Texas families."
What do you think the current Texas legislature's position would have been in 1955 if faced with an Order requiring Polio vaccination for school attendance? Go you think they would have been "outraged" that the governor acted provide universal polio vaccination "without consulting them" first? Do you think the lawmakers would say the Salk Polio Vaccine was "too new to force on Texas families?
I don't think so. I think the Texas legislature would have issued a joint statement that went something like this:
We looks forward to a day when Polio is eradicated and Texans no longer have to cope with the devastating effects of this disease.”Well, this is the actual statement of a spokesperson for Gov. Perry:
"The governor looks forward to a day when cervical cancer is eradicated and Texas women no longer have to cope with the devastating effects of this disease,” she said, adding that the Legislature’s actions will “delay that day for another four years.”
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