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South Carolina viagra bill protests abortion ‘double standards’
2016-04-21 20:03:09 Post No. 71658076
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South Carolina viagra bill protests abortion ‘double standards’
Anonymous
2016-04-21 20:03:09
Post No. 71658076
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>A “tongue in cheek” erectile dysfunction bill aimed at highlighting the challenges women face when seeking an abortion in South Carolina has advanced to the next stage.
>The bill proposed by Democratic Representative Mia McLeod would require men who want to get Viagra or other erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs to wait 24 hours.
>They also have to present a sworn statement from their sexual partners detailing their problems.
>McLeod first pre-filed the bill in December in response to almost 400 anti-abortion bills filed in the US in 2015, but didn’t expect it to pass.
>The bill was heard Wednesday and unanimously passed by the House medical subcommittee. An exemption was made, however, for men who have undergone treatment for prostate cancer.
>It will now go before the full House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs.
>McLeod says the real aim of the bill is to highlight both the inappropriateness of a government dictating decisions about people’s bodies and the double standards of how men and women’s sexual health and reproductive rights are treated.
>““This bill isn’t really about erectile dysfunction, but it is about gender equity,” she said “It is about my belief that government has no place making the decisions for women or men when it comes to abortion or erectile dysfunction,” she told South Carolina Radio Network.
https://www.rt.com/usa/340536-south-carolina-viagra-bill/
