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== The Unconsidered Scenario ==
I agree that abstinence is the best way to avoid getting an STD, but even women committed to abstinence until marriage might have valid reasons for wanting this vaccination. Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. [http://www.paralumun.com/issuesrapestats.htm] The same source estimates the occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases resulting from rape range to be from 3.6% to 30%. Given the high-end probability that an attacker has a 1-in-3 chance of carrying an STD, it's entirely sensible for a woman to choose a one-time vaccination against a common disease, simply for the peace of mind in knowing that she'd then have some protection against that disease if she ever were to be sexually assaulted. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 20:23, 13 January 2009 (EST)