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irisblue

(33,034 posts)
Fri Feb 14, 2020, 03:40 PM Feb 2020

Proposed Alabama Law

Source--https://www.wsfa.com/2020/02/14/alabama-bill-would-force-men-get-vasectomy/

snip--"MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - An Alabama lawmaker has proposed a bill that would require a man to undergo a vasectomy at age 50 or after he has fathered a specific number of children.

HB 238, filed by Rep. Rolanda Hollis, D-Birmingham, would require a man to undergo a vasectomy after the birth of his third biological child or within one month of his 50th birthday. The bill also says the procedure would be done at the man’s own expense.

“Under existing law, there are no restrictions on the reproductive rights of men,” according to the text of the bill.

Hollis said many opponents have seen her bill as “an outrageous overstep,” but she counters “year after year the majority party continues to introduce new legislation that tries to dictate a woman’s body and her reproductive rights." Hollis calls her bill a means “to neutralize last year’s abortion ban bill,” and to send a message that “men should not be legislating what women do with their bodies.”


More at source.


Seems fair, but maybe 35, not 50.






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irisblue

(33,034 posts)
2. I like the sheer idea that male reproduction is property of society & the state
Fri Feb 14, 2020, 03:44 PM
Feb 2020

It will never happen of course.

irisblue

(33,034 posts)
4. So RW men have heard about the Alabama bill
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 01:45 AM
Feb 2020

Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) Tweeted:
Yikes. A government big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything...literally! Alabama Democrat proposes bill mandating all men have vasectomy at age 50 or after third child. https://t.co/PeaNUg1Joc


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Ted sure isn't seeing the parallels.

The twitter replies are pointed.

Ted is still an ass
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