In June 2006, the Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil as a vaccine against a sexually transmitted disease, HPV. After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the drug for girls, parents, physicians, and lawmakers nationwide grappled whether girls should be required to receive the vaccine. Even as some raised questions about the marketing of the drug, a public health clinic situated inside a New York City public school began offering teh controversial vaccine to any girls who wanted it.
