It appears that the Texas Legislature has managed to get its act together about something. The general publics concern about Gov. Perry's executive order to require the Gardasil anti-cervical cancer vaccine has prompted the legislature to pass legislation that blocks the requirement for at least 4 years. And the interesting part? They passed with the necessary majority in both houses to override any veto. As it currently stands, Perry's not talking about whether or not he'll veto. More details on the actions in the link below.
Now, for my thoughts on the vaccine itself. As the father of a daughter, something like this strikes near to my heart. I'd love to have something in place to prevent harm from coming to my sweet, little angel. On the surface, any chance to prevent something harmful from attacking our womenfolk is a good thing. Having said that, the lack of details and testing, accompanied with the in-your-face aspect of all the advertising on TV and Radio (we're being bombarded with them currently, here in VA), scares me. While some testing has been done, we don't know the long term effects of this vaccine. Will it end up causing other, unforeseen (but easily foreseeable) problems that are worse than the one being prevented? That thought scares me.
A chance for more testing and information, before these become requirements will benefit everyone. Except maybe Merck's bottom line. They can just suck it up and wait.