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Texas lawmaker Jessica Farrar wants men fined for masturbating
BBC News ^ | 13th March 2017 | Flora Drury

Posted on 03/13/2017 10:43:52 AM PDT by Ennis85

A female politician in Texas is taking an unusual swipe at what she sees as restrictive abortion laws by targeting men - more precisely male masturbation. Her unlikely draft law has a simple aim, she says - to protect unborn children everywhere. Which is why it wants all "emissions outside of a woman's vagina, or created outside of a health or medical facility" to carry a $100 (£81) fine. If a man made such an emission it would "be considered an act against an unborn child". If it sounds like something out of a dystopian novel, that is because it is meant to.

Jessica Farrar, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, submitted House Bill number 4260 last week. She knows it will never become law. Indeed, it is unlikely to make it far at all. But she argues it is no more extreme than the restrictions put on women by the state of Texas when it comes to choosing whether or not to end their pregnancy. The last straw for her came with the most recent in a string of proposed bills, which she saw as chipping away at women's rights. The latest wanted to force women to choose whether to bury or cremate the embryonic remains of either a miscarriage or abortion. During a hearing for the bill last August, state Senator Don Huffines said: "For far too long, Texas has allowed the most innocent among us to be thrown out with the daily waste." Ms Farrar decided to put a different spin on this belief. "It got me thinking, maybe what's good for the goose is good for the gander," Ms Farrar told the BBC. "If we are taking these measures because of the sanctity of life, well, we just cannot waste any seed."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; masturbation; prolife; texas
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To: DesertRhino

Drop attention from your sentence and I bet you’d still be right about her.


21 posted on 03/13/2017 11:04:58 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Ennis85

Jackoff a Tax?


22 posted on 03/13/2017 11:06:23 AM PDT by FrankR (FULL REPEAL, OR NO DEAL)
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To: pacobell

Maybe she should just move to California where she belongs.


23 posted on 03/13/2017 11:07:31 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Rusty0604

This is clearly a pole tax, and those are not progressive.

Besides, Democrats have no problems with pay for play.


24 posted on 03/13/2017 11:08:52 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Ennis85

If her goal is to discourage ‘self abuse’ then I suggest her image be widely disseminated.


25 posted on 03/13/2017 11:10:58 AM PDT by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: MSF BU

She’ll cure what ails ya, for sure.

http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_11/1931416/31317-jessica-farrar-1107a-rs_11e6eb63a85a2b0d689de35e99cb5b8c.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg


26 posted on 03/13/2017 11:11:37 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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To: Ennis85

I am exempt because I’ve had a vasectomy.


27 posted on 03/13/2017 11:11:41 AM PDT by 43north (In the end, only kindness matters - except for liberals.)
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To: Ennis85

Some of the Magic Thinking that spews from dead souls is astonishing. The demonic urging her onward wants to blur distinction between gametes and embryos. But this twit is too lost to discern that!


28 posted on 03/13/2017 11:12:51 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: MSF BU
If her goal is to discourage ‘self abuse’ then I suggest her image be widely disseminated.


29 posted on 03/13/2017 11:14:04 AM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
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To: paterfamilias

Well, it would represent a strong revenue stream ...

But it would only come in spurts?


30 posted on 03/13/2017 11:15:06 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Ennis85

Her head is up her .... All this because she believes that evil men are trying to take away her precious abortion.


31 posted on 03/13/2017 11:15:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism is a mental disorder without a cure.)
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To: ZULU

There’s the solution.

I do wish the Texas Legislature had the strength of character to pass this bill into law.

(after amending it to include passing an unfertilized egg...)

If they want to crank up the stupid level, we should crank it up to 11.


32 posted on 03/13/2017 11:15:14 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot ( Total War)
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To: Ennis85
The jokes almost write themselves...


33 posted on 03/13/2017 11:15:34 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Ennis85

I bet this LI(B loser wants to personally “police” this law.


34 posted on 03/13/2017 11:19:18 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Ennis85

Logic FAIL.


35 posted on 03/13/2017 11:19:21 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: Ennis85

I bet this LIB loser wants to personally “police” this law.


36 posted on 03/13/2017 11:19:25 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Rurudyne

A pole tax, lol. Depends on the definition of “pole”. I was not being serious in my post, as this lawmaker is not serious either.


37 posted on 03/13/2017 11:24:59 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Ennis85

Substantial penalty for early withdrawal?


38 posted on 03/13/2017 11:27:05 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Fidel and Che are together again, and it ain't on a t-shirt.)
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To: humblegunner

Best post from you ever! LOL


39 posted on 03/13/2017 11:29:15 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Ennis85

I’m pullin’ for this law!


40 posted on 03/13/2017 11:32:21 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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