Your point…”The reallity is that this bill was a favor to the pharma companies because insurance companies would more likely cover the costs if schools mandated the shots” is very valid. Bill Bolling is tied in with the pharma companies just like he tied in with the insurance companies. I appreciate you making that great point.

Your statement pasted below about the Bishop’sletter is at best misleading. Your implication that the Catholic church supported the bill in any way is a lie.
The Virginia Catolic Bishop’s Conference was the primary defender of parental rights in this debate. The Church’s position is always that the best way to prevent the STD is to abstain from sex unntil you are married. So the is no need to mandate a vaccine for an STD for 12 year old girls. Bill Bolling’s solution seems to be safe sex for 12 year old girls and a vaccination.

“The Catholic Diocese of Virginia released the following letter, which states, “There is nothing intrinsically immoral associated with providing or receiving the HPV vaccine.” While the bishops do not agree with the timeline in which the legislation was enacted, they clearly recognize that a need exists for such a vaccine, and that providing the strong parental opt-out was the correct course to take”.

The reallity is that this bill was a favor to the pharma companies because insurance companies would more likely cover the costs if schools mandated the shots