Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Statement Regarding Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination for Boys

Statement by Sarah Stoesz, PPMNS President and CEO, regarding the recommendation made by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that 11 and 12-year-old boys receive the HPV vaccine.

“This week’s recommendation that boys join girls in being routinely vaccinated against human papilloma virus is an important step toward reducing the number of men and women who will ever have to hear their doctors say they have penile, cervical, or other types of cancer caused by HPV.  Health experts have long known that HPV is the primary cause of several types of cancer, and protecting young men and women from contracting this virus will ultimately save lives.”

For more than 80 years, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota has worked in our region to make sure all people have the information and the means to make free and responsible decisions about whether and when to have children.  Planned Parenthood operates 20 clinics in Minnesota and South Dakota and an Online Health Center, providing quality and affordable family planning, reproductive health care services and education to nearly 64,000  women and men each year.

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