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Girl Rejects Gardasil, Loses Path to Citizenship
Teen Asks Why She Should Take Vaccine If She is Not Having Sex, Worries About Dangers
By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES Sept. 11, 2009
Born in Britain in 1992, Simone Davis got off to a rough start in life. Her biological mother abandoned her as a baby, and her father couldn't care for her.
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A look at whether the benefits of a cervical cancer vaccine outweigh the risks.
At 3, Simone was adopted by her paternal grandmother, Jean Davis, who married an American in 2000 and moved them to Port St. Joe, Fla.
But because the adoption was not recognized in the United States, Davis embarked on a near-decade quest to get Simone U.S. citizenship.
Now 17 and an aspiring elementary school teacher and devout Christian, Simone has only one thing standing in the way of her goal -- the controversial vaccine Gardasil.
Immigration law mandates that Simone get the vaccine to protect against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, which has been linked to cervical cancer. When did that law come into effect?
But Simone, who has taken a virginity pledge and is not sexually active, doesn't see why she should have to take the vaccine, especially since it's been under fire recently regarding its safety .
And none of her American classmates is mandated by law to be vaccinated. I am sure something is coming down the pike!
"I am only 17 years old and planning to go to college and not have sex anytime soon," said Simone. "There is no chance of getting cervical cancer, so there's no point in getting the shot."
Since 2008, the government has required that female immigrants between the ages of 11 through 26 applying for permanent resident or refugee status receive Gardasil, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006. This is insane!!
Simone and her adoptive mother she still calls "Nanny" sought a waiver for moral and religious reasons and were recently rejected by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
That ruling threatens to separate Simone and Davis, and could dash the teen's plans to attend Pensacola Christian College, where she was conditionally accepted.
They were given 30 days to appeal or the teen would face being "removed."
The 1996 Immigration and Naturalization Act requires girls and women within a specified age group to receive the vaccination against certain specified diseases "and any other vaccinations recommended by the CDC's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices.
Gardasil was added to the list of vaccines in 2008.
"The decision to include HPV as a required vaccine was made by the CDC," said Citizenship and Immigration Services spokeswoman Chris Rhatigan.
"We follow the law," she told ABCNews.com. "The objection to a waiver would have to be to all vaccines, not just Gardasil."
The CDC is expected to publish new criteria to determine which vaccines should be recommended for U.S. immigrants in about a month, according to spokeswoman Christine Pearson.
Simone's struggle began in 2000, when U.S. authorities did not recognize the British adoption papers, and the process began anew. Wait the Gardasil dictate was in 2008. This girl is set up. Why since 2000 and now 2008 rolls around with another hoop she has to jump through.
"We never heard from her mother again after she sent a third birthday card, and was never given a contact address," said Jean Davis, who is now 63, divorced, and a teacher. "I had no idea where she was."
The Salvation Army Missing Person's Bureau traced Simone's biological mother, and the American adoption was finalized in 2006.
Local churches helped pay more than $1,700 immigration application fees for Simone's permanent residency status, the first step toward citizenship. For another $585, Davis can appeal, but says she doesn't have the money.
This is a Eugenics program through and through!! It seems the makers of Gardasil and the CDC, and FDA have all joined up against all girls and women. Folks, if you think this is only affecting immigrants, you are right; for right now. The same will be done to the Citizens here. This is horrible!
Please see the comments from those at this site:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ReproductiveHealth/gardasil-vaccine-roadblock-citizenship/Story?id=8542051&page=1
I agree with this one!
of course we have one village idiot
Teen Asks Why She Should Take Vaccine If She is Not Having Sex, Worries About Dangers
By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES Sept. 11, 2009
Born in Britain in 1992, Simone Davis got off to a rough start in life. Her biological mother abandoned her as a baby, and her father couldn't care for her.
Share
A look at whether the benefits of a cervical cancer vaccine outweigh the risks.
At 3, Simone was adopted by her paternal grandmother, Jean Davis, who married an American in 2000 and moved them to Port St. Joe, Fla.
But because the adoption was not recognized in the United States, Davis embarked on a near-decade quest to get Simone U.S. citizenship.
Now 17 and an aspiring elementary school teacher and devout Christian, Simone has only one thing standing in the way of her goal -- the controversial vaccine Gardasil.
Immigration law mandates that Simone get the vaccine to protect against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, which has been linked to cervical cancer. When did that law come into effect?
But Simone, who has taken a virginity pledge and is not sexually active, doesn't see why she should have to take the vaccine, especially since it's been under fire recently regarding its safety .
And none of her American classmates is mandated by law to be vaccinated. I am sure something is coming down the pike!
"I am only 17 years old and planning to go to college and not have sex anytime soon," said Simone. "There is no chance of getting cervical cancer, so there's no point in getting the shot."
Since 2008, the government has required that female immigrants between the ages of 11 through 26 applying for permanent resident or refugee status receive Gardasil, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006. This is insane!!
Simone and her adoptive mother she still calls "Nanny" sought a waiver for moral and religious reasons and were recently rejected by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
That ruling threatens to separate Simone and Davis, and could dash the teen's plans to attend Pensacola Christian College, where she was conditionally accepted.
They were given 30 days to appeal or the teen would face being "removed."
The 1996 Immigration and Naturalization Act requires girls and women within a specified age group to receive the vaccination against certain specified diseases "and any other vaccinations recommended by the CDC's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices.
Gardasil was added to the list of vaccines in 2008.
"The decision to include HPV as a required vaccine was made by the CDC," said Citizenship and Immigration Services spokeswoman Chris Rhatigan.
"We follow the law," she told ABCNews.com. "The objection to a waiver would have to be to all vaccines, not just Gardasil."
The CDC is expected to publish new criteria to determine which vaccines should be recommended for U.S. immigrants in about a month, according to spokeswoman Christine Pearson.
Simone's struggle began in 2000, when U.S. authorities did not recognize the British adoption papers, and the process began anew. Wait the Gardasil dictate was in 2008. This girl is set up. Why since 2000 and now 2008 rolls around with another hoop she has to jump through.
"We never heard from her mother again after she sent a third birthday card, and was never given a contact address," said Jean Davis, who is now 63, divorced, and a teacher. "I had no idea where she was."
The Salvation Army Missing Person's Bureau traced Simone's biological mother, and the American adoption was finalized in 2006.
Local churches helped pay more than $1,700 immigration application fees for Simone's permanent residency status, the first step toward citizenship. For another $585, Davis can appeal, but says she doesn't have the money.
This is a Eugenics program through and through!! It seems the makers of Gardasil and the CDC, and FDA have all joined up against all girls and women. Folks, if you think this is only affecting immigrants, you are right; for right now. The same will be done to the Citizens here. This is horrible!
Please see the comments from those at this site:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ReproductiveHealth/gardasil-vaccine-roadblock-citizenship/Story?id=8542051&page=1
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Keep in mind that all vaccine makers and doctors are indemnified by the government which means they cannot be sued and the government holds them harmless. There product could kill every person it was given to in 5 years and all the damages are capped by the vaccine trust that was setup in the 60's. When you hear that the FDA has licensed a particular vaccine it means that vaccine is safe and even if it hurts you 1)they will say it couldn't ahve been the vaccine must have been something else wrong with you 2)If by some freak chance you could prove it hurt you the drug makers are not liable under the current system.Furthermore you cannot sue the FDA, you will have to be given the right to sure them by a judge. I agree that the FDA is a horribly run agency full of conflict of interest and I think anyone that has worked for a pharm company, etc. Should not not be allowed to work as a public official (Dept of health) for ten years. Also all lobbying of a health department (which determines what your children have to be vaccinated for before they can attend school) should be disclosed. State Public Health officials are not elected officials, citizens cannot hold them accountable. In Texas Rick Perry tried to make this vaccine law and faced backlash, thought re-election and backed off, can't do anything to a public health official. Drug companies have figured out where to lobby and its not congress it is agencies we can't hold accountable
Gdhodder 3:01 PM
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I wonder how many posters here who think this girl SHOULD take the vaccine have themselves already taken the same vaccine? Come on, guys! Raise your hands and post your replies! How many of you good 'ol boys have taken your HPV vaccine? Huh?
JLS1950B 3:00 PM
JLS1950B 3:00 PM
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Simple solution. Leave the country then sneak across the border illegally. Free medical care at the expense of American taxpayers. No income taxes or social security. You’ll draw SS, you just don’t pay it. Amnesty in a year or so, citizenship after that, no restrictions at all. In state tuition at any college unless you get a scholarship. Heck, I just talked myself into leaving and sneaking back in!
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It is interesting to see how angry people are about this case that how the governments dares to demand anything from that poor girl. But, sorry, there are millions of immigrants that USCIS demands to do something unpleasant and ridiculous. For example, H1 workers are told to apply for extension while in country and keep working, actually they have to work because otherwise it would be the visa violation. But their drivers licenses are taken away, because their new status is not approved yet. In other words, they have to work in US while waiting for extension but they are not allowed to drive to work (just like their ability to drive had anything to do with their not extended yet visa status) There are there are thousand of H4 status wives in this country whose visa does not allow them to work for TEN YEARS or more. Which is worse, to get a stupid vaccination shot or to be prohibited to work and study for 10 years in your life, just because USCIS decides so? Not working for 10 years ruins educated persons life forever , why nobody cares about that ?
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