Posted on 01/02/2016 5:46:27 PM PST by jazusamo
South Carolina Rep. Mia McLeod (D) wants men who claim they need Viagra or other erectile dysfunction medication to get something straight: the government is going to stick its regulatory nose into your bedroom business.
Obviously, this is not just about making it tougher for men who are already having a tough time in bed. McLeod said her legislation regarding male sexuality is meant to give the male-dominated South Carolina Legislature a better idea of the hoops a woman has to jump through before she can get an abortion.
"I purposely tried to make it as invasive, as intrusive, as hypocritical and unnecessary as possible, to make the point," McLeod told WJBF-TV in Columbia, S.C.
She's hardly the first pro-choice Democrat to try this kind of legislative gambit. Her compatriots in Georgia, Ohio, Illinois and Virginia have also used attacks on male sexuality in an attempt to counter anti-abortion legislation.
All have failed. McLeod expects to be defeated, too. But that isn't stopping her.
McLeod has pre-filed H.B. 4543 for the 2016 legislative session. It takes a hard stance on the stampede of men looking for Cialis or Viagra prescriptions. Her legislation would force them to "obtain a notarized affidavit in which at least one of the patient's sexual partners affirms that the patient has experienced symptoms of erectile dysfunction" in the last 90 days.
Men who want the little blue pills would also have to see a licensed sexual therapist and provide a written report that spells out the patient's problems and the therapist's conclusion that the ED is based on medical problems, not psychological factors.
ED patients would also have to "attend three sessions of outpatient counseling within a period of not less than six months after the drug is prescribed."
In addition to demonstrating what a woman has to do to get a legal abortion, McLeod wrote on her Facebook page that she also wants to show "the tremendous amount of time and tax dollars we expend each legislative session to debate and attempt to diminish (legal) abortion rights in our state."
Her legislation has attracted international interest.
Following an interview on a Vancouver, British Columbia, radio show, McLeod wrote, "Just got out of church and finished up an interview with CKNW News Talk Radio (Vancouver, B.C). Guess folks everywhere wanna talk about my ED bill...even on Sundays."
"Initiating a national discussion about the double-standards and hypocrisies that exist when it comes to 'governing' the sexual & reproductive health of men & women isn't easy, but long overdue...and definitely progress."
McLeod's legislation, which she doesn't sincerely believe stands the slightest chance of being approved, is controversial. But it is really not that innovative.
Other lawmakers have used male sexuality to make a point about abortion. And even though they always fail, just the idea is enough to stir the left wing of the blogosphere, Twitter and cable TV.
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow didn't know Rep. Yasmin Neal from Eve until the Georgia Democrat introduced legislation that would have prevented men from getting vasectomies unless the operation was needed to avoid serious injury, death, or "impairment of a major bodily function."
Neal broached the idea in February just as Republicans were pushing legislation to prohibit abortions for women who were more than 20 weeks pregnant. The way she saw it, a ban on vasectomies would impinge on male reproductive rights the same way stopping abortions would for women.
After all, as Neal wrote in her legislation, vasectomies do prevent "thousands of children" from being born.
Less than 24 hours after she filed the proposal in the Georgia House, Neal's story was placed prominently on Maddow's blog, she suddenly was trending on Twitter, and was asked to appear on several cable news shows.
Neal's proposal failed. The ban on abortions after 20 weeks was approved.
Illinois state Rep. Kelly Cassidy also tilted her lance at the legislative windmill in a quixotic attempt to stop a GOP move to limit abortion rights. Her idea was to force men seeking Viagra or Cialis to watch a video of the drug's potential side effects - the much-feared four-hour erection.
Sen. Janet Howell (D-Va.) had a slightly different idea of how to show men what it was like to have her legislature intrude on a bodily function. She wanted any man seeking a Viagra script to be forced to undergo a rectal exam.
Democratic Rep. Nina Turner of Ohio introduced legislation similar to McLeod's bill in South Carolina. It would also have forced men to see a psychiatrist before getting Viagra.
Men who wanted their ED medication in the Buckeye State would also have had to undergo a cardiac stress test every 90 days just to be sure their hearts could stand the rigors of sex.
Turner and the others knew their ideas had no chance of being approved by their male colleagues. But they all felt there was a point to be made.
"I really believe that I'm learning something from my conservative, Republican male colleagues - the most important thing on our agenda should be regulation of the sexual health of women," Turner told ABC News. "It's time to show men some love in that regard."
masturbation vs. murder
Proof positive that liberals don’t know the difference between a baby and a boner.
Hysteria has no place in government.
Exactly! She and those like her want to put the screws to citizens to make them obedient.
“wants men who claim they need Viagra or other erectile dysfunction medication to get something straight”
That’s what the men want, too.
That they're idiots?
Yep. And consider cardio-vascular disease, blood pressure issues, prostate problems. urinary/bladder problems, nervous systems disorders, physical injuries and pyschological troubles. It's none of the damn government's business or that bitchy legislator's business why some men take Viagra or to link this with abortion, tooth decay or toenail fungus. Someone needs to bitch slap that so called "legislator" till her teeth fall out.
I can’t help but this that she sees ED on every date.
Those things have ED written all over them. YUCK!
Liberal logic.
“This ******* wouldn’t be a lesbian by any chance,would she?”
Maybe, but she IS “a Holder’s Person,” which helps to understand her abject stupidity.
>>>>Just wait until male birth control in a pill arrives.
>>“Yeah, baby. Sure it’s okay, I took the pill. Trust me.â€
It’s going to be the opposite, lol.
“Did you take the pill or not? I don’t care if I have a baby.”
“What pill?” *WINK* (18 years of child support replaced by a $4 pill.
“Chick”?
Ooooooowwww
Indeed, don’t know why anything primarily involving fun has any government or insurance support.
Is there any organism on the planet more superfluous than a bloviating feminist? They are desperate for attention and bent on revenge against men who refuse to give them that attention.
So Medicaid doesn’t pay for viagra?
And, by the way, any man who has to stoop to insults and name calling is someone I would expect would need viagra.
So this woman thinks that killing an innocent child is the equivalent of taking a pill to get an erection?
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
What a vindictive, presumptuous, prejudiced biach this woman is!
First, she seems to assume that anti-abortionists are all male by making life difficult for men...presumptuous. Therefore, she wants to punish these men by making their lives miserable...vindictive.
Prejudiced because the assumption is that difficulty in obtaining an abortion is the fault of men. She doesn’t have a clue that there are likely more anti-abortion WOMEN than men.
Why? Because women are the ones who experience abortion in their bodies, and they are the ones being lied to and deceived into thinking that abortion is a good thing!
Anytime I’ve been actively involved in prolife work, the majority of the people involved are WOMEN! Yes, some men are also actively involved, but I’d guesstimate that 2/3 of those actively involved are women.
Something to think about. If this kind of woman wants to keep killing her offspring, it won’t be long before there’s more of us than there is of them, any way. Margaret Sanger knew this too.
Dumb@$$
MyFA
Leftists have never been particularly bright, but this is especially stupid. Vasectomies don’t prevent any children from being born - vasectomies prevent children from being conceived.
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I’ll give it to her ,, she didn’t mean it that way .. she’s too dim ,, but as conception is a per-requisite to birth she is correct.
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