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Who-a. I never thought of this:

Let’s be clear here. There is a vaccine that is literally 100% effective in preventing cervical cancer and precancerous changes tied to two types of a common sexually transmitted virus. But for the right, the vaccine may let young people believe they can have sex without getting cervical cancer, so, naturally, as far as they’re concerned, the vaccine must not be available.

A vaccine could prevent more than 200,000 women from dying of cervical cancer each year (including 5,000 women in the United States). As New Scientist recently reported, deaths from cervical cancer could jump fourfold to a million a year by 2050, mainly in developing countries, all of which are preventable with this vaccine.

The far-right GOP base doesn’t seem to care. It comes down to a fairly straightforward position: The vaccine may lead to more pre-marital sex, so let those hundreds of thousands of women die a painful death.

Certainly makes you think, doesn’t it? Read the full item over at Carpetbagger.

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