The senator of the state of Mississippi, Bradford Blackmon, a democrat, presented a bill this week which would apparently prohibit men from masturbating or engaging in other sexual acts when they do not ” the intention to fertilize an embryo “.
The bill, entitled Le “Contraception begins with erection“Would make illegal for” a person to unload genetic equipment without the intention of fertilizing an embryo “. It includes exceptions for sperm donation and the use of contraception to prevent fertilization.
The bill, presented on Monday, would impose fines of $ 1,000 for a first offense, $ 5,000 for a second offense and $ 10,000 for any subsequent offense.
It is unlikely that the bill will adopt the Legislative Assembly led by the GOP, but if it does it and is promulgated by Governor Tate Reeves, a republican, he would enter into force in July.
Blackmon, a first mandate senator representing a district north of Jackson, the capital, did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
In a declaration at NBC affiliate WLBT From Jackson, Blackmon has referred to the high number of legislative bills of the states presented in recent years which target women’s access to reproductive health care, in particular abortion and contraception.
“Across the country, in particular here in Mississippi, the vast majority of bills relating to contraception and / or abortion focus on the role of women when men represent fifty percent of the equation”, he wrote. “This bill underlines this fact and brings the role of man in the conversation. People can get up and call him absurd, but I cannot say that it bothers me.”
Since the Supreme Court canceled ROE c. Wade in 2022 and ended the constitutional right to abortion, the legislatures of the States led by the Republicans have more and more sought to restrict abortion and access to contraception.
Currently, 12 states, including Mississippi, have total or almost total abortionWhile six additional states prohibit the abortion of six to 12 weeks of gestation, according to KFF, a non -profit group that seeks health policy problems.
In mid-2014, Eight states had promulgated or proposed restrictions on access to women to contraception, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group which supports access to abortion.