A 10 page research paper/argumentative essay that discusses the issues surrounding the use of Gardasil, a vaccine developed by Merck that provides protection against human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes genital warts and cervical cancer. The writer provides an overview of the vaccine, addressing its efficacy and safety issues, but focuses primarily on moral/ethical issues, and then concludes with an argument that the use of the vaccine is morally correct. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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sheer agony (Gulli, 2006). Her medications to fight the infection cause roughly $200 a month and this did not even get rid of the warts, which had to be burned
off using liquid nitrogen (Gulli, 2006). However, what was most troubling to Heather was the knowledge that HPV is the primary cause of cervical cancer. Gardasil is a vaccine that
protects girls and women from four particularly nasty strains of HPV that are known to cause 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts (Gulli, 2006). For
women who have contracted genital warts or who develop cervical cancer, the answer to whether or not to vaccinate young girls and women is obviously yes. Cervical cancer is still
second on the list of the most fatal cancers for women worldwide (Guyon, 2005). Why make more girls/women suffer? Why risk more deaths? However, this answer is not so clear
to many conservative parents. Policymakers have proposed vaccinating girls between the ages of 11 and 12 and the idea of administering the vaccine to schoolgirls raises concern among parents
that society is sending the wrong message. Conservative groups in both the US and the United Kingdom (UK) have asserted that the HPV vaccine could have the effect of encouraging
young girls to become promiscuous (Gulli, 2006). These groups emphasize that abstinence is the best protection against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and do not want their daughters inoculated. The following
examination of literature on this debate will examine both side, pro and con, as well as relevant issues, such as product safety. The problem Cervical cancer kills 270,000 women
annually worldwide, 80 percent of these victims are in developing countries (30 percent in India alone) (Guyon, 2005). In the US, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say that roughly
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