In the news today I saw that Michigan was trying to pass a law making it mandatory for women to get HPV cervical cancer shots. The series of three shots costs $360 dollars and prevents HPV from spreading into cervical cancer. According to the MSN Health website the “American Cancer Society estimates that cervical cancer will be diagnosed in 9,700 women nationwide, and that 3,700 will die.” I do not think that this is fair. While I am all for preventing cancer I do not agree with making the shots mandatory. What about families or women without health care? How are those women supposed to get the mandatory shot?
Indiana is also pushing for this to be passed. I feel if they want to pass this then they need to lower the price or offer assistance to those of us who would otherwise not be able to afford it. I find it also interesting they are trying to force this on us, because it is something that can be cured on its own. “About 80 percent of sexually active women will be infected by age 50, but for 90 percent of those infected; the virus is naturally cleared from the body and becomes undetectable.” This means only 10% of the women will benefit from the shot.
