The state has an interest in public health. George Washington, for example, mandated that all members of the Colonial Army be vaccinated against smallpox. The demand by the state that school children be vaccinated is reasonable in that such vaccination does prevent outbreaks of diseases that in the past were not only literally sickening, but sometimes lethal. If you as a parent elect to opt out of vaccinating your child and your child falls ill (from, say, whooping cough) you should bear the COMPLETE cost of your child's medical care -- no insurance payments, since you did not take reasonable measures to prevent the disease.

I have no opinion about the actions of the Governor of Texas. I do not think that a vaccine which prevents cervical cancer will cause any more "promiscuity" than already exists -- "if they're gonna, they're gonna." What I find distressing is that no one seems to be addressing the males, who spread the virus -- therefore, you could be as pure as the Blessed Virgin when you wed and STILL be infected by your new husband.