Texas tried to make it mandatory in 2007, under Gov. Rick Perry no less. Unfortunately, a combination of anti-vaxxers and social conservatives sunk this initiat

Texas tried to make it mandatory in 2007, under Gov. Rick Perry no less. Unfortunately, a combination of anti-vaxxers and social conservatives sunk this initiative using a combination of innuendo and shaming. In 2011 [1], one observed the shameful debacle of him reversing himself while begging for votes for his first presidential run. Nowadays, Texas shows up in the news for the converse reasons: alarming growth in maternal mortality during childbirth [2]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rick-perry-reverses-himself-calls-hpv-vaccine-mandate-a-mistake/2011/08/16/gIQAM2azJJ_story.html?utm_term=.cf614dd40978 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rick-perry-reverses-... [2] http://time.com/5088014/maternal-mortality-pregnancy/ http://time.com/5088014/maternal-mortality-pregnancy/