KY: Men must get note from wives before purchasing Viagra.

[Celista]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...hasing-viagra/

Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, a Louisville Democrat, has introduced a bill that would force men who want to use erectile dysfunction drugs to jump through a series of humiliating hoops beforehand, such as visiting a doctor twice and getting notes from their wives.

“I want to protect these men from themselves,” Marzian, who is a nurse, told the Courier-Journal.

“This is about family values,” she added.

Mazian told Fox affiliate WDRB that House Bill 396 would also require that someone seeking Viagra, Cialis, Levitra or Avanafil “make a sworn statement with his hand on a Bible that he will only use a prescription for a drug for erectile dysfunction when having sexual relations with his current spouse.”

“I started thinking, ‘How would this body of men feel if the government was injecting [itself] into their private medical decisions,’ ” she added.

Marzian’s proposal arrives a week after Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) signed a bill requiring women to consult with a doctor at least 24 hours before an abortion, according to the Courier-Journal. The “informed consent” bill, as it was labeled, passed with 92 “yes” votes on Jan. 28, according to WDRB. Marzian was one of three members of the Kentucky House to vote against the law, the station noted.

An abortion rights supporter, Marzian has argued that government should not be able to interfere with people’s medical decisions. She told WDRB that her proposal was also inspired by her fellow lawmakers’ values.

“We are very ‘family values’ in the Kentucky General Assembly — they are all awash in Christian family values, so that’s why I put that part in there that [erectile pills] can only be used in a marital relationship,” she said.

Marzian admitted to the station that her bill is more symbolic than serious and she doesn’t expect it to receive much support. And yet, she told the Courier-Journal, she isn’t done introducing provocative proposals.

The lawmaker told the paper that she intends to introduce a bill that would require gun buyers to get counseling from victims of gun violence 24 hours ahead of a firearms purchase.

“I’m just making sure the government is taking care of your safety,” she said.

Clearly a response to http://newsok.com/article/5538011

This is what American politics has devolved into, political parties trolling one another.

[KrazyK923]

Well maybe when Republicans stop trying to fuck over women, Democrats wouldn't pull this shit.

Republicans have been like this for 40 years. They can't get out of vaginas that aren't their own butthurt ones.

[Vexilius]

If a guy has no say in the child he helped conceive, he shouldn't have to pay child support either.

[IIamaKing]

Guessing her husband was getting ED drugs to bang his assistant.

/s

[callipygoustp]

Hahahaha, that is a great article. Thanks @Celista.

[Jun]

Heh.

I'm pretty interested to see how the Republican legislators respond to that one, as I'm sure they're all stalwart defenders of wholesome, moral values and Christian virtue.

[Garnier Fructis]

Trolltastic.

[Delana]

Well maybe when Republicans stop trying to fuck over women, Democrats wouldn't pull this shit.

Republicans have been like this for 40 years. They can't get out of vaginas that aren't their own butthurt ones.

To be fair, there's not anybody arguing that cheating on your wife involves a loss of life.

The abortion debate boils down to a philosophical issue for which there is no objectively correct answer. The Republicans just disagree with you. But clearly they're bad people because they have an R beside their name.

[Fat Mac]

she is suspicious when her husband gets an erection. aint no way its natural

[Rudkobing]

Mazian is a moron.

[Dextroden]

I want her to succeed at passing it. Just to have to explain to constituents why she thinks the bill will help the state.

[Celista]

Hahahaha, that is a great article. Thanks @Celista.

Thanks. Clearly some people are taking the article personally, lol.

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I want her to succeed at passing it. Just to have to explain to constituents why she thinks the bill will help the state.

Family values

[KrazyK923]

To be fair, there's not anybody arguing that cheating on your wife involves a loss of life.

The abortion debate boils down to a philosophical issue for which there is no objectively correct answer. The Republicans just disagree with you. But clearly they're bad people because they have an R beside their name.

...no they're bad people because they think their view that a parasitic mass of cells is a person, whose "protection" involves removing bodily autonomy of the actual human being.

[Gestopft]

This is hilarious. I mean, there's no way this passes, nor should it- but it's still hilarious.

[monkmastaeq]

You don't buy the pills for your hot 22 year old assistant , you buy them for your 55ish overweight wife

[Dextroden]

Thanks. Clearly some people are taking the article personally, lol.

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Family values

I'm aware it's to mock stupid abortion bills. Why is it taking up space and time?

[God Save The King]

...no they're bad people because they think their view that a parasitic mass of cells is a person, whose "protection" involves removing bodily autonomy of the actual human being.

Anti choice individuals have found a really good handwave argument recently, trying to say it's about ethics morals and philosophy, and that there is no objective answer even though science has provided one. And then say it's only a disagreement and that you only feel that way because of partisanship.

No point in arguing with those sorts

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I'm aware it's to mock stupid abortion bills. Why is it taking up space and time?

It's a nice break from the bombardment of Trump on these forums

[mage21]

...no they're bad people because they think their view that a parasitic mass of cells is a person, whose "protection" involves removing bodily autonomy of the actual human being.

I will never understand how someone can refer to a developing fetus as a parasite, a bundle of cells, the way you'd refer to a tumor. I just will never understand it.

[Flarelaine]

If a guy has no say in the child he helped conceive, he shouldn't have to pay child support either.

And what exactly does that have to do with the topic of this thread?

[mage21]

Anti choice individuals have found a really good handwave argument recently, trying to say it's about ethics morals and philosophy, and that there is no objective answer even though science has provided one. And then say it's only a disagreement and that you only feel that way because of partisanship.

No point in arguing with those sorts

Science has determined when a fetus is actually a person?