WASHINGTON — Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that’s enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.

The change by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists comes amid a completely separate debate over when regular mammograms to detect breast cancer should begin. The timing of the Pap guidelines is coincidence, said ACOG, which began reviewing its recommendations in late 2007 and published the update Friday in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.

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When Politics (i.e., ersatz morality) substitutes for Science, Religion, and Journalism, this AP polemic becomes of a piece with the AP article out of ''ANCHORAGE, Alaska'' announcing the demise of Santa; just like this contemporaneous Socialized Medicine scheme, all part of the ''hope and change'' promised by the new administration. Some folks might say that disrespecting women and disappointing little kids is no way to campaign for reelection.

 

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They have a course for victimhood 101 taught by Gaius Caesar Germanicus one of the best ever teachers.

 

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