"Opponents of the executive order have argued that legislators should have heard from doctors, scientists and patients before the state implemented the requirement, and some Republican lawmakers have already filed bills to override the order."

"Perry's order Friday required the state to adopt rules requiring the Merck & Co.'s new Gardasil vaccine for girls entering the sixth grade as of September 2008. The vaccine protects girls against strains of the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, which cause most
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