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Rick Perry reverses himself, calls HPV vaccine mandate a ‘mistake’
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Aug 17, 2011 03:44pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Dan Eggen |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Religious conservatives in Texas were stunned in 2007 when Republican Rick Perry became the first governor in the country to order young girls to get a vaccine against a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer.
The vaccine would encourage promiscuity, according to many conservatives, who had long supported Perry’s views against abortion and same-sex marriage.
It soon emerged that Perry was close to one of the lobbyists who was pushing for the order and who worked for the vaccine’s New Jersey-based manufacturer. That lobbyist, Mike Toomey, had served as Perry’s chief of staff and has since helped found a super PAC aimed at boosting Perry’s bid for the presidency.
Now Perry, who long defended the vaccine mandate, has reversed his position on the issue as he launches his GOP presidential bid, calling the order “a mistake” and saying he agrees with the Texas legislature’s decision to overturn it. |
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