Two Ohio Democrats said they have introduced a “pregnancy begins at an erection” law that criminalizes men who have unprotected sex without the intention of pregnancy.
State Rep. Anita Somani (D-Dublin) and Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) support the ironic measure that makes men “eliminate semen and genetic material without intent to fertilize the felony.”
Penalty If you violate the law, you will be fined $1,000 for the first violation, $5,000 for the second violation, and $10,000 for each subsequent violation.
There are several exceptions to this measure. For example, if you use birth control, you will not commit any crimes or be fined. People who masturbate and donate sperm are not affected by the law, just like men who have sex with other men, including gay and bisexuals.
Somani, who has been an obstetrician and gynecologist for over 30 years, said the bill aims to highlight the absurdity of reproductive rights enforcement practices, pointing to the Republican-passed anti-abortion law that imposed widespread restrictions. Currently, 13 states have almost entirely banned abortions, with the exception being only when a woman’s lives are at risk. In 11 other countries, abortion is usually permitted from 22 to 25 weeks of gestation, until the fetal survival period.
Some Republican lawmakers are pushing for a bill that will charge abortion doctors with felony, beyond existing prohibitions. Other proposals include criminal penalties for those seeking an abortion or using the “morning after pill,” according to the report. Guttmacher Institute.
“As an obstetrician and gynecologist, the bill proposed with reproductive rights also proposes felony and fines to healthcare providers for those who support women and those who want to receive reproductive care, so we shouldn’t punish reproductive care for anyone. Again, that’s why there’s a felony part of this bill,” Somani said. Woio.
It is unlikely that the bill will be passed in the Republican-majority House and Senate in Ohio.
Somani noted that the bill doesn’t have to be passed to achieve its objectives and raises debate about reproductive laws that often target women, while exempting men from liability for unplanned or unwanted pregnancies.
“I won’t get pregnant on my own,” Somani told ABC affiliates in the Cleveland area. WEWS. “If you’re going to punish someone for an unwanted pregnancy, why don’t you also punish someone who is responsible for their pregnancy?”
Ohio voters stated their rights to abortion, birth control and fertility treatment in the state constitution through a 2023 referendum passed with 57% support. But anti-abortionists are urging Republicans to support the Ohio Prenatal Equality Protection Act, which seeks to overturn the vote by defining life as beginning at the moment of pregnancy. Similar laws have been enacted and closed in states such as Alabama. Fertility treatment clinic.
Ohio President Austin Begel, who eliminates abortion despite his intense opposition to abortion, called the law that begins pregnancy from the time of an erection “dilde”; Somani said he agreed with that opinion.
“If you think it’s ridiculous to regulate men, then you should think it’s equally ridiculous to regulate women,” Somani told WOIO. “if [Republicans] If you think that’s a waste of tax money, then the other party will think the same way. ”
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