Faced with relentless Republican attacks on reproductive freedom including efforts to give embryos and fetuses legal rights from the moment of conception, Democratic lawmakers in two states have recently introduced legislation that would ban men from ejaculating for purposes other than making babies, with some exceptions.

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    Democratic lawmakers in two states have recently introduced legislation that would ban men from ejaculating for purposes other than making babies

    So begins my lonely life of crime.

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      Someone needs to let these performative politicians know that they won’t be able to logic their opponents out of wanting something that they didn’t use logic to get to the point of wanting.

      Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

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      No it isn’t.

      this bill is an equally valid response to reproductive rights and a bodily autonomy being stolen and withheld from women.

      If reproductive rights and bodily autonomy are being stolen and withheld from American women, then reproductive Rights and bodily autonomy should be stolen and withheld from American men.

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        It’s posturing that allows their opponents to run ads about how they waste time with stupid fucking fake bills instead of actually trying to get shit done.

        I know it might be hard to see now, but an eye for an eye is how we got here in the first place.

        These joke bills do nothing of any value for anyone that understands that the bills aren’t meant to be taken literally seriously, and only make idiots mad at “the demonrats” for “bein dumbasses while our country burns”.

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          “It’s posturing”

          If you believe this, then you believe that denying women reproductive Rights and bodily autonomy is posturing.

          which it is not.

          If women are being denied bodily autonomy, then men should be denied bodily autonomy.

          “stupid fucking fake bills”

          these are “fake bills”, women in the states do not have bodily autonomy or reproductive rights anymore because of real laws.

          those same laws should apply to men if they are going to apply to women.

          “an eye for an eye is how we got here in the first place.”

          incorrect.

          how we got here now Is that Democrats didn’t fight back against authoritarianism hard enough.

          Democrats provided more rights for people, by inclusive legislation.

          Republicans have taken away the rights of specific people by exclusive legislation.

          and if their legislation is going to exclude women from bodily autonomy, then men should be excluded from bodily autonomy as well.

          these are real laws in your country, women do not have rights to healthcare or bodily autonomy anymore because of real laws.

          and if women do not have those rights, then men should not either.

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    If the intention here was to show conservatives how unreasonable it is to grant legal rights to a fetus then I’d say it failed miserably and achieved the exact opposite; further evidence to spread around in the right-wing circles to demonstrate how out of touch the “libs” are. Well done - it’s as if they don’t even want to win elections anymore.

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    What is their plan if any of these bills pass? The abortion bans weren’t about anything beyond control of women, and these laws would be twisted to control men - a goal for when the population is amenable.

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    Getting rid of the laws won’t help you creating new laws won’t help. Getting rid of these 90-year-old Republicans who have been sitting in an office since the 60s would solve everything 

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      Riiight because the 42 years old creep republican Gaetz wouldn’t pass a terrible law?

      It’s republicans not old people.

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        At this point the ancient people are the most likely to flip if certain lines are crossed. They were there before the current politics and don’t have a future to risk. Plus decades of ego.

        The young guys aren’t even going to consider voting with dems no matter what the situation. They all recently went into office being onboard with everything.

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        I forgot about Gaetz, but was thinking about Chuck Grassley, Mitch McConnell, Diane Feinstein, and Jim Rush, who are all somewhere between 80 and 1000 years old 

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    Aren’t all US residents legally women now? So women having erections?

    So this means only trans women have access to contraception? I’m so lost