Green card seekers won’t have to get HPV vaccine

AP: “Starting Dec. 14, the HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine will no longer be on the list of immunizations female immigrants ages 11 to 26 must receive before becoming legal permanent residents. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the change on Friday.”

ADF Media: ADF brief: Teen should not be denied citizenship for saying no to HPV vaccine
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys have filed a brief with U.S. immigration officials on behalf of a 17-year-old British girl denied permanent resident status because she declined to be injected with a vaccine that protects against a virus that can only be transmitted by sexual activity.