One thing guaranteed about presidential election season is that any issue that a major candidate chooses to raise, no matter how obscure beforehand, can suddenly rise to an issue of national importance. Thus it has been with the HPV vaccine. Ever since it’s come out, those of us in the trenches on reproductive health care have been trying to raise the alarm about right-wing opposition to the vaccine, which prevents transmission of harmful forms of Human Papilomavirus (HPV), thereby also preventing the possible development of genital warts and of cervical cancer, and all the various and unpleasant treatments women have to endure to make sure they don’t get cervical cancer, such as coloscopies and LEEP procedures. But because it prevents a disease you get through sexual contact, many on the Christian right oppose the vaccination. They tend to mindlessly support anythingeven deadly cancersthat can be perceived as divine justice for the very human act of having sex.

Before Michele Bachmann started yapping on national TV about the vaccine and claiming that it makes girls "retarded”, pervasive right wing opposition to the vaccine wasn’t deemed worthy of much mainstream media attention. I suspect that it was seen as a fringe phenomenon, like the belief that fluoride in the drinking water is a mind control agent. In one sense, it is a fringe beliefthere’s consensus amongst experts that this vaccine is a good thing. But because the experts believe something doesn’t mean that nutty opinions in the public at large can’t have widespread negative effects. Whisper campaigns against the HPV vaccines are a perfect example. Only a third of girls are getting all three shots, for instance. Part of the problem is that it’s a hassle to get three shots, and part of the problem is that it’s expensive. But the research has shown that as income levels rose past a certain point, vaccination rates declined slightly. This probably reflects the fact that people on the somewhat wealthier end of the spectrum are more likely to be conservative, and therefore .

he straight parents.

Massey says this marked difference in the study groups' reactions is significant. While no parent is perfect, the researchers believe that holding gay parents to a different standard adds additional stress to the already stressful job of parenthood. It can also negatively affect their chances of adopting or becoming foster parents.

We feel that it is very important for social workers and adoption counselors to be made aware of the effects of modern anti-gay prejudices and they need to educate themselves and develop policies that help protect against these potential biases, said Massey.

There is a serious shortage of people stepping up to foster or adopt the hundreds of thousands of children who are in the system waiting to find a new foster family or adopted family. The gay community is a resource for many of these children but this study indicates that if judged more harshly than their straight counterparts, gay parents are at a disadvantage.

Raising awareness of these attitudes is a critical step in being able to utilize a potentially valuable pool of prospective adoptive and foster parents, said Massey, but it .

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