The law proposes regulations on Viagra
(Mirror Daily, United States) – A proposed law to make getting Viagra as difficult as getting an abortion has been filed by South Carolina state rep. Mia McLeod, a Democrat from Columbia. The fight still continues, and McLeod has brought up the bill in order to get well-earned attention about the obstacles women have to go through for the purpose of getting an abortion.
According to the proposed law, men would require 24 hours of wait before they can acquire the ‘blue pill’. That means waiting time between the moment of prescription and when they actually obtain it. The requirement is meant to mirror the same waiting time for women in clinics around South Carolina to get an abortion.
To further add to the similarities of the procedures, the bill also proposes that men should be getting a signed affidavit from their partner, who must agree that they’ve had erectile dysfunction within the last 90 days, see a sex therapist, and undergo other health tests to make sure their hearts can handle the strain of intercourse.
Women in the state who wish to get an abortion are required to receive counseling, and parents of minors below the age of 17 years old must sign the consent form.
The point, according to McLeod was to make this as “invasive, as intrusive, as hypocritical, and unnecessary as possible”. The South Carolina state representative stated that she has absolutely no expectations that the bill will pass. One of the reasons would be that “we’re in a male-dominated legislature”, and, of course, the fact that it was not truly the purpose. The actual bill was proposed to get people thinking.
McLeod stated that the target was to make others, mainly men, understand the frustration and indignation of having their reproductive rights targeted. By placing regulations on something that pertains to their own life choices and bodies, the state rep aims to reflect on the same issues women are facing in her state. The main aim was to underline the discrepancies and to get people to draw comparisons or at least try to place themselves in the women’s shoes.
The lawmaker, who is a lawyer and a public relations specialist, stated that the bill was proposed in the face of growing frustration of anti-abortion bills that continue getting filed every year. The possible restrictions and regulations on the process of getting the famous ED pill are simply a proposed action. It will most likely not pass, and McLeod herself does not expect it to.
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