I'm dropping the hpv debate for the most part. I'm clearly not going to change your mind.

I presume that you also think that health insurance should not cover menapause, aging effects, puberty, or any other predictable life events. Whatever, I don't agree. People use health insurance as a general way of paying for health expenses because it allows them to amortize expenses over time as well as among society.

Your presumption is inane. Puberty, aging, and menopause are part of living. Of course insurance should cover them.

Is there any medical expense other than pregnancy that you think insurance shouldn't cover?

In the same manner that I don't believe the State should provide safety equipment for bicycle riders, I don't believe the State should provide vaccinations for STDs. What it should provide is proper education and guidance.

The state does require safety equipment for bicycle riders. The helmet issue is debated, but generally rules about reflective surfaces and lights are widely accepted. Same thing with automobiles.

Because you live in a society with other people, and if those people are stupid, your society becomes poor, and your life will suck as a result.

I live in a society with other people that choose to have children. Let them pay for their kids' educations, not me. When I have a kid that needs to be educated, I'll pay for it then. I do understand the nuances of this debate, such as capital spending required for building schools and amortizing the debt over time. I realize you can't get out completely. But where the direct revenue required for operational costs can be removed from my tax bill, I say let me OUT until I need such service.

I understand your position but you didn't address my arguement, essentially that it is in your self interest for other people's children to be educated because their education level is directly reflected in the success of the economy that you work in.

If you start to let the State control the destiny of reproductive health like this, what comes next?

I don't think this is a slipery slope. State control over diseases can be considered in a conceptual bucket that is quite distinct from state control over reproduction.

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