Texas Gov. orders anti-cancer vaccine – Yahoo! News
AUSTIN, Texas – Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
By employing an executive order, Perry sidestepped opposition in the Legislature from conservatives and parents’ rights groups who fear such a requirement would condone premarital sex and interfere with the way Texans raise their children.
Gee, and here I thought we lived in America, land of the free. Oh, wait, we do this kind of stuff all the time. That last one wasn’t by executive order, but it was stupid just the same.
