The news last October that cervical cancer could be prevented through a vaccine against a sexually transmitted disease aroused the expected media hype.
On the one hand there were claims of ‘thousands of lives saved’ and on the other accusations of ‘promoting promiscuity’.
Our immediate Christian response should be to follow the biblical admonition to first ‘enquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly’ (Deuteronomy 13.14) before jumping too hastily on either bandwagon. So what are the facts?