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Texas lawmaker Jessica Farrar wants men fined for masturbating
BBC News ^ | 13th March 2017 | Flora Drury

Posted on 03/13/2017 10:43:52 AM PDT by Ennis85

A female politician in Texas is taking an unusual swipe at what she sees as restrictive abortion laws by targeting men - more precisely male masturbation. Her unlikely draft law has a simple aim, she says - to protect unborn children everywhere. Which is why it wants all "emissions outside of a woman's vagina, or created outside of a health or medical facility" to carry a $100 (£81) fine. If a man made such an emission it would "be considered an act against an unborn child". If it sounds like something out of a dystopian novel, that is because it is meant to.

Jessica Farrar, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, submitted House Bill number 4260 last week. She knows it will never become law. Indeed, it is unlikely to make it far at all. But she argues it is no more extreme than the restrictions put on women by the state of Texas when it comes to choosing whether or not to end their pregnancy. The last straw for her came with the most recent in a string of proposed bills, which she saw as chipping away at women's rights. The latest wanted to force women to choose whether to bury or cremate the embryonic remains of either a miscarriage or abortion. During a hearing for the bill last August, state Senator Don Huffines said: "For far too long, Texas has allowed the most innocent among us to be thrown out with the daily waste." Ms Farrar decided to put a different spin on this belief. "It got me thinking, maybe what's good for the goose is good for the gander," Ms Farrar told the BBC. "If we are taking these measures because of the sanctity of life, well, we just cannot waste any seed."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; masturbation; prolife; texas
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To: Ennis85

Turns out Jocelyn Elders was trying to put government finances in better shape so she could pose as a budget balancer.


61 posted on 03/13/2017 4:59:15 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ThinkingBuddha

...well there you are, some visual cold water on the libido.


62 posted on 03/13/2017 6:34:54 PM PDT by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: Ennis85

So this person believes bodily fluids are the equivalent of a child - she is saying she finds this ... ‘activity’ to be the equivalent of chopping a baby to pieces? And she’s being serious in trying say this is an analogy?

Liberalism is a mental disorder - indescribable levels of stupidity.


63 posted on 03/13/2017 6:57:08 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Hugh the Scot

You’re right...and actually, bring it to the floor for a vote, and every Republican member can vote “present” and see if the Democrats would actually pass it.


64 posted on 03/13/2017 6:58:33 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Ennis85
Texas lawmaker Jessica Farrar wants men fined for masturbating.

LOL!

Just make her Chief of the Masturbation Police...

Stop it dead in its tracks! Permanently.

65 posted on 03/13/2017 10:13:51 PM PDT by publius911 (I SUPPORT MY PRESIDENT?)
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To: oldasrocks; tet68

“But But But what about us who have had a vasectomy?”

Hmmm. Permanently wasting seed.

Life in prison.


66 posted on 03/14/2017 8:38:35 AM PDT by paterfamilias
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To: Ennis85

I wonder how she would react to a bill providing for MEN having the right to abortion: that within a 30 day period of being notified of a pregnancy, men would have the right to declare that they would NOT be held legally responsible for child support.


67 posted on 03/14/2017 8:41:49 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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