‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’

That’s the title of a bill filed by a Mississippi Democrat lawmaker, that is evidently a satirical take on the reproductive laws pushed forth by Republicans.   In the words of the man behind it, though:

The filing of this bill is to point out the double standards in legislation. You have male dominated legislatures in Mississippi and all over the country that pass laws that dictate what a woman can and can not do with her body. I was raised by strong parents that preached equality for all. My mother and my father both believe in equal rights for women. One of the reasons why this legislation is so important is that with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it has not only impacted women’s ability to get abortion care but it has also affected women’s ability to access basic gynecological care that includes contraceptive care.

For the record, the bill seeks to make it unlawful “for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”