Perry explains motivation

Posted on February 16th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

MySA.com: Vaccine fight is personal for Perry
AUSTIN — His crusade against cancer, including a controversial order to vaccinate schoolgirls against a virus linked to cervical cancer, is partly personal, Gov. Rick Perry revealed Thursday.Several of his family members have been stricken with one form or another of the disease, Perry said. His father had prostate [...]

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Vaccine debate

Posted on February 5th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

I have sat back for the last few days and watched all the debate about Texas requiring girls going into 6th grade to be vaccinated against HPV, which causes cervical cancer. Cervical Cancer is the number 2 cancer killer of women. Finding a way to prevent it is a huge breakthrough and will save countless [...]

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