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| February 16, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: John Moritz

Feb. 16--AUSTIN -- The public needs more information about a vaccine that prevents the sexually transmitted disease that causes cervical cancer before girls are required to take it as a condition for entering the sixth grade, a key lawmaker said Thursday. State Rep. Dianne White Delisi, R-Temple, who heads the House Committee on Public Health, said her panel will hear testimony Monday on legislation that would override Gov. Rick Perry's executive order. Perry ordered that 11- and 12-year-old girls be given the vaccine for the human papillomavirus, unless their parents object, beginning with the 2008-09 school year.

The panel also…

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