If the very well publicised risk of HIV does not deter teens from having sex why would a fear of cervical cancer? I can't see that this inoculation is going to lead to a more cavalier attitude to sex than already exists. Seems to me that that thought is born from ignorance and that ignorance will impact on the child, not the parent.

I'm a bit ambivalent about mandatory inoculation but do think that, if anyone opts out, they should bear the resultant cost of any illness that might result. Hopefully, children whose parents opt them out may decide, as they get older, that they don't want to take that risk and have the inoculation themselves.