A scary Gardasil Vaccine bill is making its way through the CA state legislature

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Key California legislators passing an anti-parent bill grabbed campaign financing from the gigantic Merck conglomerate, a CalWatchDog.com investigation revealed. The legislation is AB 499 by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego. In the bill’s language, it “authorizes a minor, who is 12 years of age or older, to consent to medical care related to the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease.”

http://www.calwatchdog.com/2011/09/06/merck-funded-anti-parent-bill/

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Key California legislators passing an anti-parent bill grabbed campaign financing from the gigantic Merck conglomerate, a CalWatchDog.com investigation revealed. The legislation is AB 499 by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego. In the bill’s language, it “authorizes a minor, who is 12 years of age or older, to consent to medical care related to the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease.”

http://www.calwatchdog.com/2011/09/06/merck-funded-anti-parent-bill/

So what gives parents the right to tell a 12 yo or 17 yo what medications they can take? I understand the "my house/my rules" stuff, but what is wrong with saying this is no different from a teenager buying a candy bar? Because it is a "serious medical issue"? Should the teens go to court if their parents refuse to accept reality? Will contraceptives require parental consent too? What about seeing an R-rated film? Currently, the restictions are limited to theaters and any adult can accompany them.

What other freedoms can a parent restrict? Free speech? Freedom of assembly?

This is nothing like the Texas bill. But how about a compromise, any parent so pissed off about this can opt out? Frankly, given the war against teens being consentual with each other, it is likely a good thing that a parent need not consent to this. Consent could be evidence of knowledge of a crime or accessory to that crime.