MO Rep. Stacey Newman Proposes Bill to Restrict Vasectomies

RFT ^ | March 2, 2012 | Paul Friswold

[NYer]

Representative Stacey Newman.

​Well, well, well. The birth control debate has finally come to our swimsuit areas, gentlemen. Yesterday Missouri State Representative Stacey Newman (D-St. Louis County) filed HB1853, which would only allow a man to have a vasectomy when doing so would protect him from serious injury or prevent his death.

Ah, the legislation's on the other set of genitalia now.
Rep. Newman -- whom I'd like to nominate for Hero Squad right here and now -- has been frustrated with the recent political debates over birth control access and reproductive health. The legislation is her pointed way of combating the idea that family planning is something only women have to worry about.

If passed, HB1853 will insure that vasectomies will only be performed in medical facilities licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services, such as a hospital, ambulatory surgery center or similarly designated health facility. Vasectomies will be legal and safe, and the back-alley ballsnipper that so many indigent men are forced to seek out when they want to get their junk switched off will become a thing of the past. For too long, men have butchered themselves using weed-whackers, small chainsaws and footballs to the groin so that they could no longer father children they didn't want to be a father to. HB1853 will bring us to a more enlightened age.

Also, it could conceivably cause one of those right-wing bible-fondlers who are so certain that they have the authority to dictate what women can do with their bodies to choke on both indignation and irony. Bitter, bitter irony.

Rep. Stacey Newman, you got a great big pair of brass balls. Never change.

[Clock King]

This is beyond stupid.

[pallis]

Another nut liberal confusing the issue, ...they never stop. I think all women should be able to get a hysterectomy whenever they want.

[xjcsa]

Incredibly stupid.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

It makes sense from a liberal perspective. If a guy has a vasectomy, they loose the opportunity to kill several a live babies.

[cotton1706]

Subheadline should be “Attempt to Restrict Reproductive Rights”

Keep your hands off my body, men cry out!!

[butterdezillion]

If the government doesn’t force everybody else to pay for something you want, it’s the same thing as banning it. That’s what this dumb ditz seems to be claiming.

Where do they come up with these stupid people?

[TN4Liberty]

Absolutely. To be consistent, she should introduce a bill that says that employer policies are not required to cover vasectomies. I submit that “right” already exists and I support it.

[cuban leaf]

I understand she is trying to make a political point here, but this is NOT analogous to anything relating to abortion. This only plays to the hard core members of the choir. She is looking very stupid.

Now, if she wanted to FORCE insurance providers to pay for vasectomies, she’d be doing something I would be strongly against.

[taterjay]

Also, it could conceivably cause one of those right-wing bible-fondlers who are so certain that they have the authority to dictate what women can do with their bodies to choke on both indignation and irony. Bitter, bitter irony.

I think Obama is the one dictating at the moment. He is dictating that I pay for something that is already universally available and that people choose to use for themselves. When will these women wake up and recognize the sexual slavery they have placed themselves in? Answer: Apparently not anytime soon.

[redgolum]

The GOP is allowing it to be framed that way.

It would be like saying the state has to provide me with a gun because it is my right to own one.

[combat_boots]

Sharia law prohibits Vasectomies.

The woman’s a tool.

[tophat9000]

So if you / the government do not buy it for me = banning me from buying it for myself?

These people can not seem wipe the own ass!!!

(after all you / the government did not buy them toilet paper)

[tophat9000]

So if you / the government do not buy it for me = banning me from buying it for myself?

These people can not seem to wipe the own ass!!!

(after all you / the government did not buy them toilet paper)

[kosciusko51]

The GOP is allowing it to be framed that way.

They are allowing it since the GOP-E wants to damage the social conservatives in the GOP.

[AU72]

But having your tubes tied will have no restrictions.

Our long national nightmare goes on and on.

[HiTech RedNeck]

When men carry live babies in their belly come back Stacey.

[Vigilanteman]

Have any men actually asked for the Catholic Church to pick up the tab for their snip-snip surgery?

Has any government official ordered it? Or tried to paint it as a men's right issue?

[frogjerk]

OK, go ahead. The Catholic Hospitals will just object to this procedure as well, basically proving the point it is about Religious Freedom and not about access to birth control.

[LMAO]

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