Has everyone surrendered? The Washington Post reports that the government experts who advise the federal government on immunization policy have recommended that the new vaccine — which prevents cervical cancer — be given to all 11 and 12-year-old girls. And even the Family Research Council has signed on. 

"The Family Research Council continues to endorse both the distribution and the widespread availability of the vaccine," said Moira Gaul, the coordinator of the organization's Abstinence Project.

    Cervical cancer is caused by the HPV virus, which is transmitted sexually. The logic of immunizing every girl child is obvious. But the thought of just lining up those kids with a cheery "Here gals, come and get your shots before you dive in to the sexual carnival that awaits you in (2 or 3 or 4) years" is depressing, not to say decadent. Perhaps the battle is completly lost, but someone should be reminding young girls that HPV is just another reason (though far from the best) to avoid the bacchanal that beckons.