Cervical cancer vaccines: A step forward, maybe

It is good news that cervical cancer vaccinations are now provided for free by the government.

The only hope is that certain quarters do not equate this with a licence for promiscuity, an equation that only those with ignorant minds could make. Those that make these particular inferences will gladly ignore all the good that the decision in question will bring, in the defence of often antiquated moral high grounds.

Having this initiative approved would hopefully help drown out the voices against sound ideas. For example, in the interest of saving lives, the baby hatch idea remains a viable, if not desirable, first step.

To further extrapolate an argument in favour of rationalism versus blind conservatism, perhaps personal rights and dignity should eventually defeat outdated moral policing. Which would bring the end of television news showing footage of raids at massage parlours and hotel rooms where often only the masseuses and female companions are on film.