>IMHO these sorts of issues become clearer if you ask "where is the victim".
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>Where is the victim?
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>I have a separate but connected query for you: if there were a vaccine to prevent HPV infection, including the variants associated with most cervical cancers, but only if it is given before infection occurs which has an association with sexual activity: would it be OK to make it compulsory for girls under the age of 12 to help stop the huge increase in aggressive cervical cancer we're seeing in young women? (The vaccine is called Gardasil, fwiw) ... or how about vaccinating boys on the assumption that those dirty dogs are where the girls are getting it from?
That is a good question. My first reaction is to say yes, why not? Seems like if there was an opportunity to save someone from getting cancer it shouldn't be hindered by someones religions point of view. I suppose you could take this a step further and talk about stem cell research - which I'm also for and many are against because of their religion.
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