Mandatory cancer virus vaccination blocked in Texas

A recent outburst of madness in Texas happened when governor Rick Perry pushed through legislation that would require vaccinations for the Human Papillomavius (HPV) for teenage girls.

While that was quite a shocking idea to those that believe the government should keep its nose out of private life, members of the Texas state legislature must have also felt that way.

In a 135-to-2 vote, the Texas House of Representatives gave final passage on Wednesday to a Senate bill that bars the state from ordering the shots until at least 2011. With Gov. Perry being accused all over the place of using his position as an abuse of executive authority, it looks like his proposal is going nowhere now anyway.