It's never too early . . .

By the time my daughter begins sixth grade in five years, the first-day-of-school checklist may have taken a disturbing twist.  Gym shoes?  Check.  Backpack?  Check. STD vaccination? 

Time magazine reports:

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently advised parents to have their middle-school-aged daughters vaccinated against a common sexually transmitted disease closely linked to cervical cancer. But legislators in 10 states are seeking to go one step further and require vaccinations against the human papillomavirus (HPV) for all girls entering middle school.

I guess I understand the public health rationale, but doesn't even a vaccination law have a pedagogical dimension that needs to be considered?

UPDATE: Denise Hunnell, a Catholic mom and physician, alerts me that she previously addressed this issue here.