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Gardasil
From all I have read, Gardasil is a good thing: an effective vaccine with solid research behind it. I am very pro-vaccine in general. Vaccination has really done wonders for our health...though putting mercury in the vaccine as a preservative was a BAD BAD idea and you should always ask whether the vaccine is preserved with mercury. This should have been phased out by now. But along with antibiotics (when used PROPERLY), vaccines have done more for our health than anything else. Kids don't die of smallpox in huge numbers anymore, for example.
My wife and I come from different views regarding medicine, though we both look at the science and we both know that not all medical practice is sound. My wife and I agree that Gardasil is worthwhile and we decided to have our daughter get it.
Having said all that, I don't know about making it mandatory.