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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOH Bill Would Require Men Submit Affidavit From Sex Partner Confirming Impotence B4 Receiving Viagra
Before getting a prescription for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs, men would have to see a sex therapist, receive a cardiac stress test and get a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual partner affirming impotency, if state Sen. Nina Turner has her way.
The Cleveland Democrat introduced Senate Bill 307 this week.
A critic of efforts to restrict abortion and contraception for women, Turner says she is concerned about mens reproductive health Turner said if state policymakers want to legislate womens health choices through measures such as House Bill 125, known as the Heartbeat bill, they should also be able to legislate mens reproductive health.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/11/442208/affidavit-confirming-impotence-viagra/
liberal N proud
(60,346 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)sarchasm
(1,012 posts)I don't know you, but I really hope you were saying this with a healthy sense of irony.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)2 wrongs do not make a right.
Botany
(70,589 posts)the repugs own both the Ohio House & Senate so Ms. Nina's bill
has zero chance of passing.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)We wouldn't want people having sex for fun.
Sex is for making babies.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)He fails, maybe he has a low sperm count, sorry Charlie - no baby-making-assistance drugs for YOU.
kath
(10,565 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)...
Initech
(100,105 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)For the sake of the children, you know.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)I'm just blowin' dust anyway
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)BRING IT ON!
DCKit
(18,541 posts)MuseRider
(34,125 posts)his on a membership form for NOW, mine to certify he needs his boner drugs.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)men having sex outside of the holy bonds of one woman one man matrimony.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,023 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)created in this image, right? seeing the commercials knowing he is sucking down a blue pill as the young hotties hang with him is not complimentary. i assure you.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,023 posts)**sarcasm** smilie was unnecessary
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)lol. ok. at first i enjoyed those commercials. now i see them so differently as i see what society does with sexuality. thanks.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,023 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)i have seen a few.
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)because the beer he drinks sucks.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)hubby is reallly into beer. i rarely drink it. red wine is my thing. but every once in a great while i will have a beer somewhere and takes me to highschool.
sharing a nothing story. just a story i giggle with every time i have a beer.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)Sounds good so far, but I would just add the following; on his part, and her ability and willingness to procreate!
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)to get between them and their doctors.
And show the rest of the world that legislatures have no interest in solving real problems.
quaker bill
(8,224 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)quaker bill
(8,224 posts)and I am a big fan of equality.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,023 posts)rocktivity
(44,577 posts)But seriously, folks, I thought viagra was for men with zero to low potency, not potent men who want to be more potent.
rocktivity
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,023 posts)Last edited Sun Mar 18, 2012, 12:30 PM - Edit history (1)
I'm okay with that. It was always said in the family that one of my other brothers got all the funny.
**sniff**sniff**
But THANK YOU, Rockivity, you are too kind.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Demonaut
(8,927 posts)The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)Still, this is retribution on innocent men for what other POS assholes have done.
(Perhaps if this 'impotence' were published in the local papers?)
quaker bill
(8,224 posts)louis-t
(23,297 posts)the repug war on women.
The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)Unless we let the wimmin vote on it...
BlueIris
(29,135 posts)the pain, humiliation and expense women endure just to undergo the "privilege" of being sexually active in a safe way, but it's a start.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)man and society puts all of who a man is on his erection. this is where i have a problem with all this. just getting to the point of being comparable to what they are doing to women, i am going to a point that i know is hurtful to men. and i love men so. so many in my life, i would never want to give them this. whenever i listen to a man degrade women, i could easily throw the shit back. but to do that is so insulting.... i dont. cause ultimately, it is not my issue and attacks my man.
but, to challenge a mans erection is to challenge god himself... or his manhood. so, in many ways, i think this is very comparable. and i think it is needed to say out loud. that is the difference from men in the past being able to go after women, and men today going after women. women are no longer in the kitchen barefoot, and have the ability to speak out and be heard. unlike the past attack on women.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)If she were serious, it wouldn't be defensible. But it's an unusual politician who can bring street theater into congress and retain credibility.
She would have lost my vote for that reason and because she's indiscriminate in her attack.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)we cannot even begin to address if the issue is not laid out. this is what this bill is doing.
i imagine she will lose a lot of mens vote. but then, i am bettin the men that would walk away from voting for her wouldnt be rootin for her anyway.
i think it is so needed today and thrilled women in congress, state and federal are taking action.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)I wouldn't support her because I can't take her seriously.
I think that being an elected official is supposed to be serious business, and although her heart may be in the right place, her brain is not.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)i enjoy you so much. and we seem to be so parallel and disagree always, lol.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)But this is an absurdly reductionist way for her to make the point. Like the guys are all Homer Simpson, too stupid to understand the issue unless she makes a cartoon out of it.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)s doctor to deny medical care for a patient for fear they may abort. that is not hard to see the outrage in such a law. there is absolute understanding. understanding is not needed. obviously.
or the law being purposed that a owner or boss can fire a woman IF she is ON contraception. again, even those purposing understand the offensiveness and outrage in such a bill.
they. dont. care.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He has to go to a radiologist and do what is necessary for an erection. Then when he has failed to get one, an x-ray be taken of the flacid penis and placed in his file for reference (or, alternatively, an x-ray of the erect penis, to be placed in his file to show why the ins. co. would not pay for his viagra)..
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)wildeyed
(11,243 posts)under the influence. 'Cause we all know that men just want to get drunk and still be able to get a woody so they can have immoral sex with people who are not their wives and it is imperative that we stop this abomination!
nolabear
(41,991 posts)Johonny
(20,890 posts)really needs those blue pills.
SacoMaine61
(114 posts)After all, every sperm is sacred. And - failure to impregnate and provide support for progeny should be considered breach of contract, so any costs covered for Viagra would become patient responsibility, along with punitive fines.
Evasporque
(2,133 posts)The erection or the condom...?
Jello Biafra
(439 posts)Just checking.......
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EOTE
(13,409 posts)You seem to have a hard time with language in general, I'm kind of thinking that sarcasm is well beyond your grasp. You're welcome to try again though.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Kali
(55,025 posts)ARE YOU CASTING ASPARAGUS???!!!!!!
av8rdave
(10,573 posts)That's the way to fight fire with fire!
Smilo
(1,944 posts)Better Believe It
(18,630 posts)And fricken stupid in my not so humble opinion.
Next dumb suggestion.
Fight military interventions in other lands by renewing a military draft!
Oh .... that'll work out real well.
Bohunk68
(1,364 posts)Actually, that might very well work. Currently, only those who are willing and wanting to fight are in the military. If the draft is brought back, then there is the strong possibility that those who don't want to go elsewhere will be a part of the equation It might just work.
On the other hand, pun not intended, well maybe, we all understand that the bill will go nowhere, but it makes a very good point. What's good for the goose........
Better Believe It
(18,630 posts)itsrobert
(14,157 posts)n/t
lark
(23,158 posts)In an effort to truly stop out of wedlock childbirth, men need to be married and of child bearing age & capability, with a wife also of child bearing age and capability in order to apply for a permit for Viagra. Infertility is grounds for rejection. No recreation procreation allowed for men or women!
If they were serious, this would be law too, but they aren't. They only want to control women, as if eggs fertilized themselves.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)kaiden
(1,314 posts)Raven
(13,900 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)be covered by insurance while contraceptives weren't 'drugs', this would do nicely.
pnwmom
(108,996 posts)to make sure they haven't been charged with any sexual assaults.
sonias
(18,063 posts)It would be great to listen to all the excuses why this is bad legislation. Will the Churches come out in force to support it? Nah, I don't think so either.
Bravo Sen. Nina Turner!
closeupready
(29,503 posts)just1voice
(1,362 posts)Inventing ways to mess with them is all they understand. They do not understand actual issues and further do not even care about any issues so as long as Americans keep electing these psychopath repukes then this is what America will get.
Skraxx
(2,984 posts)And should probably be more strictly controlled. I know that's not the point, but I find it ironic nonetheless.
qb
(5,924 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)that you have requested a prescription for Viagra.
This postcard has been sent to you as an automatic response to that notification. Congratulations on becoming the newest member of The Viagra Database. Your name will be included in The Viagra Database regardless of the outcome of your request. Your stated support of Women's Rights bears no weight in this decision; You are a Man, therefore you suck.
As you may or may not know, The Commission was created to ensure that every male in The United States is made to pay for the transgressions of every OTHER male who has ever lived. You and your Broken X chromosome will finally get what's coming to you.
Your participation in the War Against Women has all but been confirmed by the aforementioned request for Viagra.
After thorough investigation and assistance from the heroic organization known as Anonymous, it was discovered that you, on April 28 of last year, at 1:28 a.m., accessed an internet site whose sole purpose is the conveyance of pornography. This implies that you at least once in the last year have achieved an erection, and do not in fact need Viagra. This information will also be used as evidence of your participation in the War Against Women.
Further investigation has revealed that you were born in the same month, year, and county as another carrier of the Broken X chromosome who is currently using his elected position in an attempt to deny Women their rights. That you failed to strangle this elected carrier of the Broken X in his infancy and thus prevent his participation in the War Against Women is further evidence of your participation in the War Against Women. As you may know, you are either part of the solution or part of the problem. Your failure in this regard marks you as part of the problem.
The Commission has taken into account that you are a diabetic survivor of prostate cancer. It has been decided that if you hadn't eaten the types of foods cooked by the evil Janice Dean, you could have possibly avoided the diabetes. As far as the prostate cancer goes, Karma's a bitch, isn't it?
Long story short; your request has been denied.
Should you disagree with this denial, please have this 11" x 18" postcard signed and notarized by 10 people whose participation in this process can be seen as neutral, place a neon yellow Viagra Request Stamp in the upper right hand corner of the postcard, and display it on the billboard located outside your local Post Office.
The Commission would like to offer you a small piece of advice: Lose the penis. It's been getting in the way for thousands of years and has only made things worse for the Human Race than they otherwise might have been. Besides, when The Commission finally perfects and implements the Sperm Extraction Device (see picture below), not only will Viagra be unnecessary but women will no longer be forced to suffer through sex with men. Lastly, only enough Broken X carriers will be allowed to survive as is needed to sustain Zero Population Growth.
P.S. As federal law requires, The Commission has called your Wife in response to your request. She has informed The Commission that you STINK IN BED. For this reason, you've been placed in the STINKS IN BED Database as well.
Respectfully
The Commission