A Democrat Senator has been accused of ‘trolling’ anti-abortionists with a new bill that intends to ban men from climaxing, unless they’re trying to conceive.
The proposed legislation, which appears to poke fun at reproduction laws that limit women’s sexual rights, is entitled the ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’, as has been brought by pro-abortion politician Mississippi state Senator Bradford Blackmon.
It is said to be a ‘political jab’ at Republicans who support a ban on some forms of contraception, as opposed to a real desire to interfere in public sex lives.
The bill, introduced on Monday, is unlikely to pass, but could see fines of $1,000 (£800) for a first offense, $5,000 (£4,000) for a second offense and $10,000 (£8,000) for any subsequent offenses.
Blackman’s bill targets mens’ reproductive rights as a means of highlighting that all of the recent legislative bills relating to abortion and contraception focus on women.
He said in a statement to local news outlet WLBT News: ‘All across the country, especially here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and/or abortion focus on the woman’s role when men are fifty percent of the equation.
‘This bill highlights that fact and brings the man’s role into the conversation. People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.’
If the bill were to be passed, it would be unlawful for ‘a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo’.
The ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’, the bill introduced on Monday would make it unlawful for ‘a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo’
It comes after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and ended the constitutional right to abortion
Exceptions are made for sperm donation and those who use contraception, NBC News reported.
Responding to the announcement on social media site Bluesky, one user wrote: ‘The bill’s name is a clear tell.
‘This was filed by a young Democrat who is trying to point out Republican hypocrisy on contraception/abortion, not actually trying to outlaw ejaculation. And good for him.’
It comes after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and ended the constitutional right to abortion.
This led to legislatures in Republican-led states further restricting abortion and contraception access.
Mississippi and 11 other states across the US have total or near-total abortion bans.
An additional six states also ban abortion from six to 12 weeks of gestation, according to KFF, a nonprofit group that researches health policy issues.
Following the end of the constitutional right to abortion, eight states also proposed restrictions on women’s access to contraception, the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports access to abortion said.
