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In reply to the discussion: When did so many (not all) "christians" become hateful psychopaths? [View all]hfojvt
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So, you think it is a "right' of women to have HPV vaccine delivered through the school system? To not allow that is somehow "taking away the rights of women". Your article makes it a huge question of life or death, an assertion which seems almost psychotic and also one which is supposed to stir up hatred towards those who would oppose that bill.
And some Christians are hateful and psychotic?
And all the deaths caused by Haley's veto? I don't believe they exist. First of all, about 4,000 women died of cervical cancer last year. About 40,000 die every year from car accidents. 599,000 died of heart disease and 560,000 died from other cancers. So a girl who does not get the vaccine has a much smaller chance of dying of cervical cancer than she does of many other causes.
Second, in order for this veto to cause a significant number of deaths, there must a) be a significant number of people who would get the shot through this program, and b) be a significant number of people who will NOT get this shot if this program does not exist. Haley's veto does not really prevent anybody from getting that shot if they want to get one. The rate of cervical cancer in SC is only 7.6 per 100,000 whereas the DEATH rate from breast cancer is 3 times higher than that. And there were 23 states with a higher rate of cervical cancer than SC unlike what Mr. Buck writes of my home state "This in a state that has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the country. "
So to hype this Haley veto as something "increasingly horrific and horrifying" does not look like a rational argument. That rather than hate coming from the religious right, the author there is trying to stir up hatred towards the religious right.