Teen refuses cervical cancer vaccine, denied citizenship
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September 14, 2009 6:59 AM
Despina Williams

PORT ST. JOE -- A vaccine is all that stands between Simone Davis and U.S. citizenship.

But the 17-year-old English native refuses to receive the Gardasil human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and objects to its inclusion in a list of vaccinations required for immigrants seeking to become U.S. citizens. It is designed to prevent cervical cancer.

“I don’t want to get that shot,â€