I want to believe this is a satirical bill meant to bring attention to how absurd a lot of other bills are, but it is Mississippi. And with how things are going these past several years, it's becoming harder and harder to tell at face value if something is an Onion or not.
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Did you know that Mississippi is the anus of the US?
So nobody is going to talk about how he said "without the intent to fertilize an embryo" and not "fertilize an egg"? You can't fertilize an embryo lmao
This is a stunt bill designed to draw attention to how anti-woman most anti-abortion laws are
Contraception begins in the hand
Very touching. Touching also begins in the hand
In this thread:
A lot of men who didn't read the article and didn't got the satirical part of the act.
And given the last political polemic, I'm pretty sure these "men" are misrepresenting the article on purpose.
100% of men are murderers then
People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.
Then you have the wrong job as a representative.
I'd say he is perfect for the role and he is sure to raise through the ranks of american politics at a rapid pace.
So what is this? Some kind of anti masturbation law?
Yeah, that's what it looks like. Yeesh.
It took me less time to find out what this was about than to make this response.
O... kay. Was I correct? I tried interpreting the rules listed in the link and drew a conclusion about what they're trying to achieve. 🤷♂️ Thanks for trying to help, good buddy.
In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation.
This bill highlights that fact and brings the man’s role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
The article is very short.
My article is 12 inches and very girthy actually, thank you! There used to be a surgeon in California to help you all with short articles. Sadly, you know, the fires...
Short article, yet you failed to include the third that makes it illegal to jerk it:
"As written by Sen. Bradford Blackmon, the bill would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”"
Because it's SATIRE!!
If anyone is unsure-- look the senator up, he's a Democrat.
That’s because thos is ax stunt to highlight how often antiabortion laws are antiwoman
Controlling how adult people practice sex now, eh. Boy, I sure hope all these Trump voters are very happy now.
They are, fucking teenage relatives is all they want.
It shall be unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material
Genetic Material is DNA. Dry skin falling off is technically discharging genetic material. As is bleeding...
Technically a woman would be grossly violating this with every period... or by giving birth.
In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation.
This bill highlights that fact and brings the man’s role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
Did you miss this?
That's satirical, right?
Right?
yes, it is intended to highlight how anti-woman mst anti-abortion laws are
Yes, it's proposed to show how dumb the "life begins at conception idea" is. Blackmon doesn't actually want this to pass
Read the article.
"In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation.
This bill highlights that fact and brings the man’s role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
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The target obscure British comedy group named after the pet snake of one of their WW2 generals wrote a song about this exact situation:
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