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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kentucky-viagra-bill-1.3455238

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A Kentucky lawmaker is so fed up with the efforts in her state to restrict access to abortion that she decided to introduce a bill aimed at giving men a taste of their own medicine.

It requires men who want to use erectile dysfunction medicine, such as Viagra or Cialis, to get a written statement of approval from their wife — their current wife.

"They go through wives like water in Kentucky," Democratic Representative Mary Lou Marzian said in an interview with CBC News.

Under the bill, only married men would be allowed to get a prescription and they would have to make a sworn statement with their hand on a Bible that they will only use the medication when having sex with their wife. They would also have to visit a doctor on two separate occasions before getting a prescription.

The Kentucky legislature last week passed a bill that requires women to see a doctor 24 hours before having an abortion. "I was steaming," said Marzian, adding that the new restriction is "insulting, degrading and patronizing." 

There are other bills proposing further restrictions on abortion making their way through the legislature. And on Thursday, Gov. Matt Bevin announced the state filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, accusing it of performing illegal abortions. He alleges the facility did not have the proper licence to perform the procedures.

She says she doesn't mind if it never comes to a hearing in committee, but I hope it does--just to point out how fucking stupid it is that these people think it's fine to regulate women's vaginas but not men's penises.
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Re: Kentucky state Representative treats Viagra like they treat abortion
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2016, 02:58:34 pm »
The goal of the anti-abortion crowd is to usher in a theocracy which, among other things, treats women's bodies as property. I doubt they would get the point of this satire and actually give a thought to the inferior sex.
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Re: Kentucky state Representative treats Viagra like they treat abortion
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2016, 01:12:53 pm »
She should've emphasized the "this bill discourage recreational sex" part more. Then she'd actually have a good chance of getting the churchgoer vote.

Yes, I know she'd probably feel sick if it actually passed.

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Re: Kentucky state Representative treats Viagra like they treat abortion
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2016, 03:44:19 am »
I can just see the Repugs twisting logic into pretzels trying to argue that viagra is sanctioned in the bible.

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Re: Kentucky state Representative treats Viagra like they treat abortion
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2016, 08:55:34 am »
"And lo, did THE LORD come to Abraham and offer him a round, blue stone.
 'Abraham,' THE LORD didst say, 'I give unto thee the gift of Viagra, with it, thou shalt never find thyself wanting when thou dost wish to go in unto your wives.'
 And Abraham did praise THE LORD, for he was great and wise.  Never again would he suffer the looks of disappointment from those women with whom he didst lay when his soldier didst refuse to stand to attention."
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Re: Kentucky state Representative treats Viagra like they treat abortion
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2016, 09:03:43 am »
Gotta love how any health insurance company is allowed to cover a Viagra 'script, but Congress wants to ban all insurers from covering both the pill and abortion. Be fruitful and multiply, so sayeth the Legislature.
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