Re: Contraception Begins at Erection Act

On 2025-01-25, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

"There have been a lot of these satirical bills in the past; nobody
expects them to pass but they're supposed to provoke a conversation
about the man's role in pregnancy. In 2017, for example, a Houston
Democrat filed a bill that would have fined men $100 for masturbating.
In 2021, a Pennsylvania Democrat introduced "legislation that will
require all inseminators to undergo vasectomies within six weeks from
having their third child or 40th birthday, whichever comes first".
While these stunts are funny, I don't know how effective they are.
Anti-abortion extremists are zealots who aren't exactly swayed by
satire."

So it's all just political theater, the performative equivalent of
jerking off in public?  (annoys everyone, accomplishes nothing,
generally not advised, idiots do it anyway).