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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKentucky lawmaker’s bill would require men to get a note from their wives to purchase Viagra
"Fed up with laws restricting a womans 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 mens health and ensure they are completely informed about a drug with potentially dangerous side effects.
Under Marzians 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/
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)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)wackos in positions of authority that belong back in kindergarten. Family Values = code word for repressive authoritative punitive government.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Not on board with this bill. Leave religion out of politics, please.
still_one
(92,187 posts)DirkGently
(12,151 posts)These bills are essentially sarcastic responses to legislatures all over the country purporting to "protect" women from their right to choose.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)alfredo
(60,071 posts)She's been in the Ky legislature for over 20 years. Big pro Choice supporter.
DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts). . . 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)DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts)n/t
alfredo
(60,071 posts)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
DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts)alfredo
(60,071 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts)alfredo
(60,071 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts)n/t