Reply #10: My point is that some vaccinations are done with the best interest

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of the public in mind and are therefore mandated by public health policy.

From Wikipedia (for what it's worth):

Compulsory vaccination and opposition to vaccination
In an attempt to eliminate the risk of outbreaks of some diseases, several governments and other institutions have instituted policies requiring vaccination for all people. For example, an 1853 law required universal vaccination against smallpox in England and Wales, with fines levied on people who did not comply. In the United States, the Supreme Court ruled in the 1905 case Jacobson v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts that the state could require individuals to be vaccinated for the common good. Common contemporary vaccination policies require that children receive common vaccinations before entering school. Compulsory vaccination is believed to have greatly reduced the rates of some infectious diseases.<2>

Beginning with early vaccination in the nineteenth century, these policies led to resistance from a variety of groups, collectively called anti-vaccinationists, who objected on ethical, political, medical safety, religious, and other grounds. Common objections are that compulsory vaccination represents excessive government intervention in personal matters, or that the proposed vaccinations are not sufficiently safe. Many modern vaccination policies allow exemptions for people who have compromised immune systems, allergies to the components used in vaccinations or strongly-held objections.<2>

In 1904 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil a government program of mandatory smallpox vaccination resulted in the so-called Vaccine Revolt, several days of rioting with considerable property damage and a number of deaths.

Some text in this excerpt is linked in the original version located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinations.

As for how I feel about it, I agree that sometimes the public cannot be trusted to know what is best to prevent the spread of disease. The vaccinations I was given as a child (which wasn't a pleasant experience and left a scar on my shoulder) prevented the spread of serious diseases and was mandated by various governments, including our federal government.

This mandatory vaccination will prevent the spread of Cervical Cancer. We've fought for years to find cures or vaccinations for all forms of cancer. As such, this vaccination is necessary and to ensure all girls are vaccinated, it must be mandatory.