Friday, March 16, 2012

Viagra does not equal an abortion

The sheer idiocy of people such as this is mind boggling. 

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 men’s reproductive health. Turner’s bill joins a trend of female lawmakers submitting bills regulating men’s health. Turner said if state policymakers want to legislate women’s health choices through measures such as House Bill 125, known as the “Heartbeat bill,” they should also be able to legislate men’s reproductive health. Ohio anti-abortion advocates say the two can’t be compared.
This 'senator' is doing nothing more than playing a game of tit-for-tat. She is upset that a rival bill has been put for the state senate that would see abortion laws changed to restrict abortions when a heartbeat is detected in the fetus.

Now however you stand on abortion (I'm against) one cannot make the logical correlation between a man receiving a doctor's prescribed medication and abortion. Just as you can't make a logical correlation between a restriction on abortion and erectile dysfunction.

So rather than stand up in the state senate and make a case for the defeat of House Bill 125, this elected official spends her time playing childish games with people's lives simply because she can.

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