Alaska State Senator Pete Kelly Wants Pregnancy Tests In Bars

[TexasTowelie]

State Senator Pete Kelly is the co-chair of the Alaska Senate Finance Committee and he has a mission. He wants to wipe out fetal alcohol disorders in his state. A lofty goal and a good one. But his implementation needs some work.
Pete Kelly wants women to test before they drink.

Sen. Pete Kelly thinks that women shouldn’t drink if they are pregnant and studies back him up. But here’s how he plans to stop it: pregnancy tests in bars. That’s right. Every woman should be able to grab a pregnancy test off the counter next to the beer nuts (or in the bathroom — he’s not real clear). As Sen. Pete Kelly says:

“You grab one. Literally, you can go into the bathroom at the bar and test. So if you’re drinking, you’re out at the big birthday celebration and you’re like, ‘Gee, I wonder if I …?’ You should be able to go in the bathroom and there’s that plastic, Plexiglas bowl in there and that’s part of the public relations campaign too. Is you’re going to have some kind of card on there with a message.” (source)

Well, sure! Because what woman doesn’t want to discover she’s pregnant in the bathroom of a bar? And what about the bars — do they want a bowl of pregnancy tests hanging out next to the Budweiser sign? Sen. Kelly says that he’s given them a “heads up” and that the program will be voluntary… at first. Then it might become part of licensing. That should go over well.
However, Pete Kelly doesn’t believe in actual prevention.

But why wait until a woman may possibly be pregnant? Why not set condoms out, too? You know, preventative measures. Oh, no. Sen. Pete Kelly doesn’t like that idea!

“No. Because the thinking is a little opposite. This assumes that if you know (you are pregnant) you’ll act responsibly. Birth control is for people who don’t necessarily want to act responsibly.” (source)

More at http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/03/22/pete-kelly/ .

[MadrasT]

1. "Birth control is for people who don’t necessarily want to act responsibly."

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Alaska asshat of the day.

So many to choose from.

[GeorgeGist]

3. and a breathalyzer before ...

men have sex!