Rhode Island mandates HPV vaccination for all 7th graders in both public and private schools

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[h=1]Is Your Seventh Grader Vaccinated for HPV Yet? It's the Rule[/h] [h=2]Or are you going to get an exemption?[/h]
By Mark Schieldrop (Patch Staff) July 30, 2015 Social media has been ablaze this week in Rhode Island over the state?s new mandate that all seventh grade students in public and private schools are to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus, or HPV.
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Parents can choose to get an exemption for medical or religious reasons, but some parents ? have also been intentionally misled and lied to by school districts and have had their child vaccinated; believing they had no other option or their child would not be allowed to enter 7th grade for the 2015-16 school year,? the petition states....

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http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/10/47-mil-to-get-more-adolescents-on-gardasil/