Abstract:
This policy analysis, based on a fictitious but plausible request from the Governor of Colorado, evaluates proposed legislation strongly to encourage high school girls to be vaccinated for Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the nation’s most common sexually transmitted disease (STD). After careful analysis of the proposal and alternatives to it, these authors come to the counter-intuitive conclusion that the governor should veto this legislation, if approved by the legislature. This paper is a model of solid policy analysis that arrives at a surprising but well-supported recommendation. -- Introduction by Dr. Catherine E. Rudder.
