A bill to repeal a controversial Virginia law that requires young girls in the public schools to receive Human Papillomavirus vaccinations is moving forward in the House of Delegates. But, as Virginia Public Radio’s Tommie McNeil reports, the debate even pits caucus members and medical professionals against one another.
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