Men required to get second opinion for Viagra...
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Oh if only.
Turner told msnbc.com on Thursday that the measure was her way of sending a message to the Legislature in response to Ohio’s so-called Heartbeat Bill, which is now pending in the state Senate. That measure would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected – sometimes as early as in the sixth week of pregnancy.</p>
<p>“I’m fed up over all this concern, consideration and conversation over the feeble and fragile minds of women who are unable to make decisions on their own,” Turner said. “I thought it was time to show our men some love and some regulation. It was time to level the playing field for all.”
THIS WOMAN IS MY HERO. Shame it won't pass though. Sometimes I think these men running this country need a hard dose of reality.
Hehe. I don't care much about if men want to use viagra or whatever erectile dysfunction medications, but the fact that she did it in response to the anti-abortion bill is awesome. See how men like being told what to do with their bodies.
edit: I feel like my last sentence sounds really snooty, and realize that men aren't the only ones that are supporting these awful bills, and it's not every man. I'm just very irritated with all of the stories about people trying to suppress women making their own decisions about their bodies that don't affect anyone else, and this article gave me a little chuckle.
I don't think you sounded snooty. I think at this point in history, women are just tired of it. And it's about time someone started turning the tables on these assholes.
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I think its fair. I mean, people now a days are telling women they can't get an abortion, why can't men get told they can't have their Viagra?
Way to stick it, Nina Turner!
I completely agree with (I don't think you sounded snooty!). These kinds of bills need to stop.
Glad I didn't come across that way :P
But yes, I completely agree with your statement "at this point in history." Pretty sure I've said this in another thread, but I just feel like we should be over this crap by now. Sometimes it feels like this country is taking big steps backwards instead of continuing to move forward :(
I love this! That woman rocks!
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Wow, I think abortions should be legal but this does not make sense to me at all. How does taking a step back to level the playing field help at all? Anything to get revenge I suppose, even if it means instating more laws to limit the people
The problem with our legal system is the stupidity surplus. I don't think adding more stupidity will help.
I agree with ; this seems to be more about revenge than accomplishing anything.
I think you guys are missing the point here.
The point isn't to get this law added onto the books (it would never pass muster, anyway.) It's to put the GOP's inherent hypocrisy on display - to show that they're okay with passing piles of legislation that violates womens' sovereignty under the guise of "health concerns," but pass "health reforms" that would similarly impact men for the same (imaginary) reason? Perish the thought!
She's dead serious about passing the bill, whether the point is to show hypocrisy or not it really doesn't matter. Messing with the legal system to show hypocrisy is not okay to me and is a potential threat to the freedom of an entire sex. Just because most people at the moment think it's not going to pass it doesn't mean that we should just ironically support it for the sake of "YEAH SHOW THEM HYPOCRITES!!". Her logic is backed by bitterness and she can argue all she wants that it's about promoting men's health but that pretty much loses all credibility every time she swings back around to tell people how unfair it is that women have to jump through hoops to get contraceptive pills. It's loud and clear that this is all about revengeful spite against all the oppressive bills passed against women when it comes to conception.
She&;s dead serious about passing the bill, whether the point is to show hypocrisy or not it really doesn&;t matter.
She's also not the first legislator to pull this sort of stunt this year, and as long as the "women are too ignorant/emotionally unstable to handle decisions regarding their own health" mindset remains firmly entrenched in politics, she won't be the last.
I did read the article and I read some more articles on it and discovered that this is a bill that she is actively fighting and seeking sponsors for. Yeah, she has a tongue-in-cheek attitude about it all but that doesn't mean that she isn't serious about trying to pass it. What do you think would happen if the bill ever got to the stage of being passed? Do you think she's going to say "jk"?
I know she's not the first, apparently there's a whole slew of these people with men health bills to 'fight fire with fire' which I've stated I disagree with. They're immature tactics at the potential expense of rights of other people. I don't think the legal system is the place to carry out an agenda like this; if you disagree, fine.