Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’
Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’
"People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24628966
If the Democrats aren't going to be useful, I'm glad they've at least decided to be a little funny.
It's a race to the bottom now. And the Republicans have a huge head start. Dems are nosediving to catch up.
I didn't see the party of the politician in the article, so no idea if it is written in jest or just regular old Republican whackiness.
The most entertaining part is that it is written as applying to men, but as written it is gender neutral and would penalize menstruation.
Edit: It is a Dem having a lark.
i'm afraid that the fascists would take the bill up and actually vote to ban masturbation. especially the bible thumpers.
There are a number of active laws that were rendered unconstitutional by Lawrence v. Texas. In addition to the anti-sodomy laws, this invalidated most laws restricting sex toys.
Lawrence was explicitly called out as being on the chopping block in the Jackson decision, so these are slated for a comeback. The only real limitation is that SCOTUS needs a case, and the challenger needs to show standing.
Edit: fixed autocorrect
It shall be unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material
Genetic Material is DNA. Dry skin falling off is technically discharging genetic material. As is bleeding...
Technically a woman would be grossly violating this with every period... or by giving birth.
In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation.
This bill highlights that fact and brings the man’s role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
Did you miss this?
Sure, some may say it’s absurd, but masturbation inspector is a good paying, high quality American job that cannot be exported overseas, and not a job I’d trust to AI.
That state senator is a visionary!
Sending my heart out so hard my shoulder hurts.
So nobody is going to talk about how he said "without the intent to fertilize an embryo" and not "fertilize an egg"? You can't fertilize an embryo lmao
This is a stunt bill designed to draw attention to how anti-woman most anti-abortion laws are
In this thread:
A lot of men who didn't read the article and didn't got the satirical part of the act.
And given the last political polemic, I'm pretty sure these "men" are misrepresenting the article on purpose.
That's satirical, right?
Right?
Yes, it's proposed to show how dumb the "life begins at conception idea" is. Blackmon doesn't actually want this to pass
Read the article.
"In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation.
This bill highlights that fact and brings the man’s role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
yes, it is intended to highlight how anti-woman mst anti-abortion laws are
so it's looking to ban masturbation in mississippi.
Nah, edging is still legal
This is taking No Nut November to a whole new level
With the last exception being for sex while using contracteption, what's the point of this bill?
It's facetious, but the GOP won't get it.
Culture war idiocy. That’s it.
Edit: Merp, the bill is actually satire. It’s an actual bill, filed in an actual legislature, but the person who filed it is a Democrat, and it’s pretty obvious it’s intentionally worded to be absolutely absurd (coming from a Democrat, to be clear, because I’d take them at their word if a Nationalist Christian wrote it).
Life began about a billion years ago and it's a continuous, ongoing process.
3.5 billion, give or take a few years. There's some evidence life goes back to 4 billion years, but it's not as well-attested as 3.5.
People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.
Then you have the wrong job as a representative.
I'd say he is perfect for the role and he is sure to raise through the ranks of american politics at a rapid pace.
Cue the cast of Monty Python singing, ”Every sperm is sacred...."
I want to believe this is a satirical bill meant to bring attention to how absurd a lot of other bills are, but it is Mississippi. And with how things are going these past several years, it's becoming harder and harder to tell at face value if something is an Onion or not.
Here's to the land you've torn out the heart of/
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of/
It is Mississippi, what did you expect? Mississippi is one of the core Southern states.
10k just be be able to jerk it 3 times? This guy is a loser. I'll jerk it all day for free. He can't charge me a fee
"In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation.
This bill highlights that fact and brings the man’s role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
Did you miss this?
LMAO. are they seroius?!!!!!!!
Doesn't look serious, but it is funny!
I love that an actual person wasted their time writing this and bringing it up with their colleagues lol
Based on the article, seems like he just wants to point out it's bullshit to put the entire onus on women for pregnancy.
Read the article and find out.
This could absolutely be used to keep prisoners in prison, and also probably criminalize gay men.
You should read the article before commenting.
(4) This section shall not apply to the discharge of genetic material: ... ( b ) Discharged with the use of a contraceptive or contraceptive method intended to prevent fertilization of an embryo.
So basically it's illegal to do so without the intent to fertilize an embryo... unless doing it as part of a contraceptive method? Isn't abstinence - e.g. not having sex - a legitimate method?.... wouldn't masturbation be a way to manage abstinence?
Did you read the article? The guy is doing this to highlight the fact that the woman's role in abortion is always focused on
From erection to resurrection?
I recommend the battle beast cover! It just sounds so much better to me with noora singing the lyrics
This will only effect incel wet dreams
Wouldn't this make more sense as "conception"?
Not if you understand what satire is.
To be fair, the article doesn’t give his party affiliation and if you’re just scrollin’ on by this sounds like it could easily be from a RWNJ who believes masturbation and sex for funsies are sins and the bible should be law. Wikipedia says he’s a dem; I know nothing about him but the quote from him doesn’t read to me as ‘every sperm is sacred.’ Then again it is Mississippi so before reading the actual bill I was only 51% sure it was satire.
So what is this? Some kind of anti masturbation law?
In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation.
This bill highlights that fact and brings the man’s role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
The article is very short.
My article is 12 inches and very girthy actually, thank you! There used to be a surgeon in California to help you all with short articles. Sadly, you know, the fires...
It took me less time to find out what this was about than to make this response.
Yeah, that's what it looks like. Yeesh.
Absolutely ridiculous, is what it is. Everybody does it.
(a) Donated or sold to a facility for the purpose of future procedures to fertilize an embryo;
This means it's legal to pull out and fill a jar to donate to such a facility.
Always has been
I believe this makes it a woman's duty to take all erections up the right hole.
I kept looking for the Onion link and never found it.
100% of men are murderers then
Makes sense. They're all a bunch of dicks.