• Encephalotrocity
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    To highlight how absolutely stupid this bill is, it sounds like it would outlaw menstruation and nocturnal emissions.

    Land of the free.

    Edit: it sounds like this is intentionally facetious to point out the absurdity of other pro-life bills.

  • djsoren19
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    1095 months ago

    If the Democrats aren’t going to be useful, I’m glad they’ve at least decided to be a little funny.

    • @Hominy_Hank@lemmy.world
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      75 months ago

      It’s a race to the bottom now. And the Republicans have a huge head start. Dems are nosediving to catch up.

  • snooggums
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    I didn’t see the party of the politician in the article, so no idea if it is written in jest or just regular old Republican whackiness.

    The most entertaining part is that it is written as applying to men, but as written it is gender neutral and would penalize menstruation.

    Edit: It is a Dem having a lark.

      • @Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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        45 months ago

        There are a number of active laws that were rendered unconditional by Lawrence v. Texas. In addition to the anti-sodomy laws, this invalidated most laws restricting sex toys.

        Lawrence was explicitly called out as being on the chopping block in the Jackson decision, so these are slated for a comeback. The only real limitation is that SCOTUS needs a case, and the challenger needs to show standing.

  • @Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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    325 months ago

    Sure, some may say it’s absurd, but masturbation inspector is a good paying, high quality American job that cannot be exported overseas, and not a job I’d trust to AI.

    That state senator is a visionary!

  • @Emerald@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    So nobody is going to talk about how he said “without the intent to fertilize an embryo” and not “fertilize an egg”? You can’t fertilize an embryo lmao

  • @nekbardrun@lemmy.world
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    225 months ago

    In this thread:

    A lot of men who didn’t read the article and didn’t got the satirical part of the act.

    And given the last political polemic, I’m pretty sure these “men” are misrepresenting the article on purpose.

  • @Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee
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    205 months ago

    It shall be unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material

    Genetic Material is DNA. Dry skin falling off is technically discharging genetic material. As is bleeding…

    Technically a woman would be grossly violating this with every period… or by giving birth.

    • @MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
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      55 months ago

      In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “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.”

      Did you miss this?

  • @brosaph@lemmy.world
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    135 months ago

    With the last exception being for sex while using contracteption, what’s the point of this bill?

    • @gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      Culture war idiocy. That’s it.

      Edit: Merp, the bill is actually satire. It’s an actual bill, filed in an actual legislature, but the person who filed it is a Democrat, and it’s pretty obvious it’s intentionally worded to be absolutely absurd (coming from a Democrat, to be clear, because I’d take them at their word if a Nationalist Christian wrote it).

  • @BigMacHole@lemm.ee
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    135 months ago

    Good! We need to STOP KILLING KIDS (unless it’s with Gun Control!)! Wait a Democrat wrote this? Just kidding this is STUPID!

    • @MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
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      05 months ago

      How did you misunderstand the article?

      He posed this because we only talk about women’s roles in abortions. It’s a stunt bill.

  • NutWrench
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    125 months ago

    Life began about a billion years ago and it’s a continuous, ongoing process.

  • _cryptagion [he/him]
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    125 months ago

    I want to believe this is a satirical bill meant to bring attention to how absurd a lot of other bills are, but it is Mississippi. And with how things are going these past several years, it’s becoming harder and harder to tell at face value if something is an Onion or not.

    • Skeezix
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      95 months ago

      Did you know that Mississippi is the anus of the US?

    • @Lesrid@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      Here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of/

      Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of/

    • @JB33@lemmy.world
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      115 months ago

      Yes, it’s proposed to show how dumb the “life begins at conception idea” is. Blackmon doesn’t actually want this to pass

    • @MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
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      55 months ago

      Read the article.

      "In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “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.”

          • @MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
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            35 months ago

            "In a statement to WLBT News, Blackmon wrote, “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.”

            You read this part and didn’t get it?

            • mechoman444
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              15 months ago

              The roll of a man during the pregnancy is irrelevant. Because a man can’t get pregnant.

              Also a man is not in charge of a pregnant woman’s body and therefore cannot make choices for her body.

              What this bill will do is allow for men to make medical decisions for women without their consent.

  • BlackEco
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    115 months ago

    This is taking No Nut November to a whole new level