Jakobsson proposes mandatory vaccination for girls
By Kate Clements
Friday January 5, 2007
SPRINGFIELD – Nearly all sixth-grade girls in Illinois would have to get a vaccine to help prevent cervical cancer, under new legislation sponsored by state Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-Urbana.
"This is a potentially life-saving measure that would protect many young women from cancer," Jakobsson said on Thursday.
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