A bill proposed to the Ohio statehouse will make male ejaculation without intent to have a baby, a fineable offense of up to $10,000.

The bill has been proposed by State Representatives Anita Somani and Tristan Rader, who wrote it to point out what they see as the absurdity of rules that control women’s bodies but do not control men’s. It has not been formally introduced to the House Floor yet.

Per Somani and Rader, men would face a $1,000 first offense, $5,000 second offense, and $10,000 subsequent offense fine to “discharge semen or genetic material without intent to fertilize an embryo.”

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      Their bill has some exceptions, as it says men in Ohio will not be fined if they are using birth control, donating sperm, masturbating, or having sex with another man or member of the LGBTQ+ community. The bill is specifically aimed at men having straight sex without protection who do not then create a baby.

  • @[email protected]
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    12 months ago

    Would be nice if we had an actual opposition party to, you know, put in bills to oppose the massive abuse of power that’s been going on for a while now. Instead we get frumpy faces, folded arms, an occasional angry letter, moral victories, and of course the “that’ll show 'em” bills.

  • @[email protected]
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    22 months ago

    They should quit trolling and start resisting. Gesture politics is a displacement activity.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
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      02 months ago

      I mean tbf the GOP has a supermajority in the Ohio House so there’s probably not much she can do other than trolling.

        • @[email protected]
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          02 months ago

          Ohio voters recently passed a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, so writing that bill here is certainly mostly a signal to national politics.

          Also, I had a vasectomy, so would I still be able to wank away under the proposed bill? lol

          • @[email protected]
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            02 months ago

            Also, I had a vasectomy, so would I still be able to wank away under the proposed bill? lol

            Required, actually. With mandatory minimums for both frequency and duration.