Anita Perry on HPV vaccine: "I wish he'd talked to me first"

Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and wife Anita head back to the campaign bus after a campaign stop.

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Anita Perry, the wife of Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, is a registered nurse but did not know in 2007 that her husband was going to sign a controversial executive order requiring all sixth grade girls to receive an HPV vaccine.

"I wish he'd talked to me first," Anita Perry said, in an interview with Parade Magazine for the October 23 issue.

"I thought he handled it the wrong way. I've been cochair for the March of Dimes immunization program, and I'm pro-immunization," she said. "I would have supported the vaccine."

Her husband has called the use of an executive order to enact the mandate a mistake, but he's stood by his support for the vaccine. The mandate was later overturned by the Texas legislature.

"He made a mistake. He just wants to get rid of cancer in our lifetime. I don't know how many other men would admit, 'I made a mistake,'" Anita Perry said.

Anita Perry's father was a family practice doctor during the 1970s, and she said he influenced her political views.

"I remember (my dad) telling me, as wise as he was, 'We're moving towards socialized medicine. The first time you take a dollar from the federal government, they'll start trying to control your life.' I became a nurse, and I've seen government take away more and more of our freedom to choose the care we want and the drugs we want," she said in the interview.

She also explains how she met her husband at a piano recital and how she encouraged him to run for president.

"One day Rick and I were talking and I said, 'I am so concerned with our children's future and their children's future and what will happen to them. We've given so many years to public service, and we need to make a difference.' I didn't want us to wake up when we were 80 and regret we didn't do this. Our country is in danger, in my opinion," she said.

[bilrobi1]

Well, I'm a nurse also and I have worked in both public and private sector.The problem isn't so much government restrictions. It,s always more about insurance companies restrictions. They hold the purse strings. They restrict what doctors and other health care professionals from providing what is thought best for patients. Lately, Medicare and Medicaid have also felt the bite and are paying closer attention to what they're paying for,as it should be, but if the treatment is warranted and documented,they will pay the provider,at some point. If Mrs. perry is a nurse,she knows this also.

[RhondaAutismAdvocate]

On one hand you say "...you've see government take away more and more of our freedom to choose the care we want and the drugs we want..." and indicate how WRONG this is.

On the other hand you say "I would have supported the vaccine" in reference to the HPV vaccine - essentially FORCING 6th grade girls to risk their lives without proper warning of the risks.

There is absolutely NO proof that this vaccine helps anyone. In fact, the numbers of INJURIES and DEATHS due to this vaccine continue to rise.

WHO do you represent? Big Pharma or the American people??? Support the American girls who have been injured or died: http://www.naturalnews.com/031502_Gardasil_documentary.html

[carolo43]

Well, really. Is Perry supposed to ask his wife before he can make an intelligent decision. This isn't the first time she says he handled things badly. I'm beginning to wonder which one of them in running for president.

[LusciousDC]

"He made a mistake. He just wants to get rid of cancer in our lifetime. I don't know how many other men would admit, 'I made a mistake,'" Anita Perry said."

But apparently hes doesn't give a **** that this vaccine can also cause young girls to stroke out, develop seizures, Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), and 68 reports of death among those who have received Gardasil. There were 54 reports among females, 3 were among males, and 11 were reports of unknown gender (unknown gender?). I personally know a girl who began having seizures after the first shot and now she is on medication. How in the blue hell can this man THINK he can make me put this crap in my child's body? He MUST think he's running my household.

[cks53]

Who is she kidding, concerned about the future? The Perrys are rich and powerful enough to get whatever they want in the way of healthcare. If they had their way, only people like them would have freedom of choice. She's right about being in danger - from those like Perry who is an equal opportunity exploiter.