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Alabama representative introduces bill forcing men over 50 to have vasectomies
American Thinker ^ | 02/14/2020 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 02/14/2020 7:06:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Last year, Alabama passed a law banning abortion except for situations in which the mother’s life is at risk. A federal judge found the bill unconstitutional and the Alabama Attorney General did not appeal the decision. Nevertheless, on Thursday, State Rep. Rolanda Hollis introduced a counter-bill requiring that all men over fifty or who have had three children must get a vasectomy. The bill is silly and fails to make a convincing pro-abortion case.

The bill’s summary is brief:

Under existing law, there are no restrictions on the reproductive rights of men.

This bill would require a man to undergo a vasectomy within ne month of his 50th birthday or the birth of his third biological child, whichever comes first.

Hollis explained that she wants to highlight that it’s wrong for Alabama ever to foreclose the possibility of abortion for unwanted children, especially in cases of rape or incest:

This is to neutralize the abortion ban bill,” Hollis said. “The responsibility is not always on the woman — it takes two to tango. This is to prevent pregnancy and the abortion of unwanted children and to help men become accountable as well as women.

“You don’t think about what women have to go through as far as incest and rape, but you want them to carry a kid out of rape or incest so let’s neutralize it,” she continued.

Hollis further explained that men should not tell women what to do with their bodies:

“I'm pro-life and I'm pro-choice and what I mean by that is I don’t believe in abortion as a birth control, but I believe if a woman is raped or there’s incest or health reasons, then they [should] have a choice,”


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; search; vasectomy
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To: SeekAndFind

Sounds like Babylon Bee stuff.


21 posted on 02/14/2020 7:18:27 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Nevertheless, on Thursday, State Rep. Rolanda Hollis, with her 85 IQ on full display, introduced a counter-bill drafted by cleverer people, requiring something idiotic ...”


22 posted on 02/14/2020 7:19:17 AM PST by cdcdawg (Cornpop was a pony soldier!)
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To: SeekAndFind
The Honorable Rep. Hollis (Domestic violence arrest mugshot)


23 posted on 02/14/2020 7:20:19 AM PST by KevinB ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
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To: polymuser

In the bill, are there free AA batteries for women over 50?


Change that to 30 and add two cats


24 posted on 02/14/2020 7:21:22 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: SeekAndFind
Yeah, okay, fine. I'll do you one better. Let any man at any age get a vasectomy paid for by the taxpayers. And then watch the the pregnancy rate and need for taxpayer paid abortions plummet.

Ooh. Even better. Let Planned Parenthood perform hysterectomies or tie women's tubes at taxpayer expense and watch the need for abortions plummet even further.

Thanks for bringing this up Alabama.

25 posted on 02/14/2020 7:21:58 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is obviously just a smart-alecky unserious bill from a pro-abortion gal. They use this asinine rhetoric all the time, “How’d you like it is we restricted YOUR reproductive freedom, huh, huh?? Turn about is fair play.” As if there’s some sort of moral equivalence between PREVENTING the KILLING of a baby and stopping a man from fathering a child. It’s tortured logic that only a brain-dead liberal could love.


26 posted on 02/14/2020 7:22:37 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: SeekAndFind
Alabama Rep. Rolanda Hollis (Democrat) arrested in Florida on domestic violence charge https://www.wbrc.com/2019/09/26/alabama-rep-rolanda-hollis-arrested-florida-domestic-violence-charge/
27 posted on 02/14/2020 7:23:17 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: SeekAndFind
Alabama representative introduces bill forcing men over 50 to have vasectomies to have over 50 vasectomies.
28 posted on 02/14/2020 7:25:16 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Can’t they just distribute photos of that rep to all men? Erections would be non existent after seeing her, so no need for the vasectomies.


29 posted on 02/14/2020 7:25:47 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Stupid woman. If men go and get vasectomies, pretty soon there would be no need for Planned Parenthood.


30 posted on 02/14/2020 7:25:48 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: SeekAndFind

If the aim is to reduce the number of children, then requiring vasectomies for men under 50 would be more effective. But then, she’s targeting a specific population of men, isn’t she?


31 posted on 02/14/2020 7:25:50 AM PST by Crucial
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To: southern rock
"renounce all custody and financial responsibility for the child, present and future. Also, make sure that the woman has absolutely no say in this whatsoever. “His money, his choice“. Then we would begin to have equality."

You know, that actually makes sense... Let's get on this... :)

32 posted on 02/14/2020 7:25:52 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! if you can keep it....)
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To: irishjuggler

Any woman on welfare ought to have mandatory tubes tying.


33 posted on 02/14/2020 7:26:01 AM PST by oldasrocks (Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Years ago there was a huge outrage about the forced sterilization of women.

https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1402&context=theses

All across the board, it’s become clear that the left, feminists in particular, have adopted the policies of the patriarchy they claim once oppressed them. Proves that the old white guys were right in the first place.


34 posted on 02/14/2020 7:27:04 AM PST by DeplorablePaul (s)
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To: KevinB

The Honorable Rep. Hollis (Domestic violence arrest mugshot)

Forget the mandatory vasectomies, all they have to do is show her photo to men and they’re rendered impotent.


35 posted on 02/14/2020 7:27:19 AM PST by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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36 posted on 02/14/2020 7:27:52 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, Alabama is obviously full of idiots. They voted these other idiots into office. Live with it morons!


37 posted on 02/14/2020 7:28:26 AM PST by Agatsu77
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To: SeekAndFind

Isn’t this one of the reasons we have so many adopted Chinese girls in this country? Or at least, isn’t it how it all began?


38 posted on 02/14/2020 7:28:43 AM PST by albie
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To: SeekAndFind

They know the bill is DOA. Trying to make a point. A PC point. An SJW point. A feminist point. An immature point. A thoughtless point. An ignorant point.


39 posted on 02/14/2020 7:29:19 AM PST by lurk
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To: unread
You know, that actually makes sense... Let's get on this... :)

It’s a real proposal. Dave Chapelle actually said this in his latest comedy special, so a lot of people attribute it to him. But the first time I ever heard it proposed was by men’s rights activist Mel Feit, on a talk show back in the 80s

40 posted on 02/14/2020 7:32:10 AM PST by southern rock
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