Female Politician Proposes Law To Fine Men For Masturbation As 'Act Against An Unborn Child'

A female politician has filed a bill that would see men fined $100 (£78) for ejaculating anywhere outside of a sexual intercourse, or at a hospital or clinic.

Jessica Farrar, a Democrat from the Texas House Senate, created the 'Man's Right To Know Act' in response to the unfair legislation in her state relating to female healthcare.

The bill, states that "emissions outside of a woman 's vagina, or created outside of a health or medical facility, will be charged a $100 civil penalty for each emission," and will be considered "an act against an unborn child, and failing to preserve the sanctity of life."

This money from the fines would benefit children in the care of the Department of Family and Protective Services in the state.

"A lot of people find the bill funny," Farrar said in an interview with mysanantonio.com. "What's not funny are the obstacles that Texas women face every day, that were placed there by legislatures making it very difficult for them to access healthcare."

Currently in the state of Texas, women opting to get an abortion will have to undergo an invasive ultrasound 24 hours before the termination, and the provider must show and describe the image of the foetus to the woman.

As part of Farrar's bill, men having an "elective vasectomy or colonoscopy procedure, or prescribing Viagra" must undergo a "medically-unnecessary digital rectal exam and magnetic resonance imagining of the rectum" beforehand and wait a mandatory waiting period.

"It's to show how invasive this medically unnecessary procedure is," Farrar explained. "When a woman has to have a trans-vaginal ultrasound, it has nothing to do with her healthcare. One of the state's objectives is to guilt her into changing her mind."

Farrar works on issues including women's health, sexual assault, reproductive rights, discrimination, juvenile justice and domestic violence.

The proposed bill comes at a time of global outrage at strict abortion bills passed in some US states that make abortion illegal in most cases.

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Alabama's Republican governor, Kay Ivey, signed a bill on Wednesday for a near-total ban on abortion, giving the southern US state the strictest abortion laws in the country - even in the case of rape of incest.

"To the bill's many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians' deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God," Governor Ivey said in a statement.

Though Alabama's laws are now the strictest, they follow the lead of four more states - Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio - that signed bills banning abortion if an embryonic heartbeat can be detected.

Topics: Life News, Life, abortion

Ciara Sheppard

Ciara is a freelance journalist working for Tyla. After graduating from the University of Sussex, Ciara worked as a writer at GLAMOUR Magazine and later as the Assistant Editor of Yahoo Style UK.

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