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TexasTowelie

(112,204 posts)
Thu May 11, 2017, 09:49 AM May 2017

Texas House votes to bar vaccinations of new foster children, even to prevent cancer

AUSTIN — House members voted Wednesday to bar doctors from vaccinating new foster children, even against cervical cancer and head and neck cancers caused by the human papillomavirus, or HPV.

The ban was part of an ongoing push in the name of parents' rights by members of the House Freedom Caucus, a dozen GOP rebels who left their mark on a broadly popular bill that would prod Child Protective Services to make a variety of improvements.

Among them would be limiting how many "high-needs" kids a CPS worker supervises and making sure all of the agency's front-line employees have top of the line training in child trauma.

The measure by Houston Democratic Rep. Gene Wu won tentative approval, 120-15.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/child-protective-services/2017/05/10/texas-house-bar-vaccinations-foster-children-prevent-cancer

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Texas House votes to bar vaccinations of new foster children, even to prevent cancer (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2017 OP
Because, well ... they are TX. PsychoBabble May 2017 #1
We can only assume that in this case Darwin's Laws will prevail. OregonBlue May 2017 #2
Because HPV is sexually transmitted, we shouldn't protect our children? longship May 2017 #3
The anti-Vaxxers are in control of the Texas tea party idiots Gothmog May 2017 #4

OregonBlue

(7,754 posts)
2. We can only assume that in this case Darwin's Laws will prevail.
Thu May 11, 2017, 10:42 AM
May 2017

Eventually, these Texas pin heads will all die off due to their utter stupidity.

longship

(40,416 posts)
3. Because HPV is sexually transmitted, we shouldn't protect our children?
Thu May 11, 2017, 11:19 AM
May 2017

What is wrong with these knuckleheads? The HPV vaccine prevents fucking cancer!!!

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