Ohio lawmakers are preparing to introduce the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” which would make it illegal for men to have sex without trying to create a child.
Two Ohio representatives, Anita Somani and Tristan Rader, posted a video to Bluesky detailing their plan regarding the bill, which was first introduced in Mississippi by Senator Bradford Blackmon.
“Fair is fair, right?” Somani said in the video. “If this legislature is so dedicated to regulating women’s bodies and their access to contraceptives and abortion care then let’s start policing men in the same way. After all, it does take two to tango, right?”
“Our bill would make it illegal to discharge semen or genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo,” she continued.
“If you find the language [in the bill] to be absurd, then maybe you should find any bill attempting to restrict reproductive freedoms absurd as well,” Rader chimed in.
According to WTRF, the bill is expected to make clear exceptions for contraceptives, masturbation, and LGBTQIA people.
The penalties for illegally discharging genetic material would be:
- $1,000 for the first offense
- $5,000 for the second offense
- $10,000 for any subsequent offense
Bruce Gerencser, 67, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 46 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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Then go even farther. Make it illegal to get an erection. If women should keep their legs closed ( except for horney husbands) then men can keep their dicks soft (except for horney wives, of course!)
i got a vasectomy in 1984… i’m good. 👍😉
I’m sick of having my body policed. Let males go through having their bodies policed. Maybe they can have election trackers like women have period trackers. ((I’m being sarcastic))
If erections are outlawed, only outlaws will have erections. As Charlton Heston said: If they outlaw erections they’ll have to take it from my cold dead hand, (or something like that).
What’s the point?