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still_one

(92,187 posts)
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:06 PM Feb 2016

Kentucky lawmaker’s bill would require men to get a note from their wives to purchase Viagra

"Fed up with laws restricting a woman’s right to choose, a Kentucky lawmaker has proposed new restrictions on men wanting to obtain erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, saying she was doing it “to protect these men from themselves.”

According to the Courier-Journal, Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, a Louisville Democrat, is sponsoring House Bill 396 in an effort to protect men’s health and ensure they are completely informed about a drug with potentially dangerous side effects.

Under Marzian’s bill, only married men would be able to obtain the drug and it would require “a man to make a sworn statement with his hand on a Bible that he will only use a prescription for a drug for erectile dysfunction when having sexual relations with his current spouse.”

According to the lawmaker, who is also a nurse, “This is about family values.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/kentucky-lawmakers-bill-would-require-men-to-get-a-note-from-their-wives-to-purchase-viagra/

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Kentucky lawmaker’s bill would require men to get a note from their wives to purchase Viagra (Original Post) still_one Feb 2016 OP
Cute jberryhill Feb 2016 #1
FFS! What's next, chasity apparatus for men and their wife holds the key. There are so many RKP5637 Feb 2016 #2
No, thanks. bigwillq Feb 2016 #3
Then you will be sent to bed without your dinner I suspect still_one Feb 2016 #4
Pretty sure that's the point? DirkGently Feb 2016 #6
Cool (nt) bigwillq Feb 2016 #7
Mary Lou has been a long time advocate for women and children. alfredo Feb 2016 #10
Tee hee! Government and religious involvement. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2016 #5
No, she is the one that makes it happen. alfredo Feb 2016 #9
In other words, the red-tape cutter and paper administrator? DinahMoeHum Feb 2016 #11
It's a position of power in line with her abilities. alfredo Feb 2016 #12
Kewl! DinahMoeHum Feb 2016 #13
I'm proud to say she is my cousin. alfredo Feb 2016 #8
Double Kewl! DinahMoeHum Feb 2016 #14
She's a powerful force in Kentucky alfredo Feb 2016 #15
Do you think she'll try for the US House or Senate someday? DinahMoeHum Feb 2016 #16
No, she likes her day job in healthcare. alfredo Feb 2016 #17
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
1. Cute
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:10 PM
Feb 2016

That reminds me of the guy in Delaware who, during a debate on parental consent restrictions, proposed requiring teens to get parental consent to become pregnant.

RKP5637

(67,107 posts)
2. FFS! What's next, chasity apparatus for men and their wife holds the key. There are so many
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:10 PM
Feb 2016

wackos in positions of authority that belong back in kindergarten. Family Values = code word for repressive authoritative punitive government.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)
6. Pretty sure that's the point?
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:41 PM
Feb 2016

These bills are essentially sarcastic responses to legislatures all over the country purporting to "protect" women from their right to choose.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)
10. Mary Lou has been a long time advocate for women and children.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 01:08 AM
Feb 2016

She's been in the Ky legislature for over 20 years. Big pro Choice supporter.

DinahMoeHum

(21,784 posts)
5. Tee hee! Government and religious involvement. . .
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:21 PM
Feb 2016

. . . in bedrooms cuts more ways than one, Bible-Bangers.

And when I say "cut", I mean that, literally. Marzian's biography shows her as a
"Registered Nurse, Transplant Coordinator. Catholic"

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/h034.htm

Hmmm, "transplant coordinator"? Could that mean "surgical assistant"? I wonder.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)
12. It's a position of power in line with her abilities.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 01:01 PM
Feb 2016

She has twenty years experience in the legislature, and much more as a nurse. She has been a leader within NOW and other progressive organizations.

http://mycn2.com/politics/rep-mary-lou-marzian-will-file-medical-marijuana-bill-in-the-house

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