A Mississippi State Senator Proposed a Law Banning Male Masturbation

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Mississippi state senator Bradford Blackmon has proposed a law banning male masturbation in an attempt to highlight double standards in reproductive rights. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.

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00:00A proposed law in Mississippi would make it illegal for men to masturbate.

00:04The law is called the Contraception Begins at Erection Act, and it would make it unlawful

00:08for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.

00:14Offenders would be fined up to $10,000.

00:16The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee on Monday.

00:19If this sounds like a prank, it basically is, but one intended to make a point.

00:24The bill was filed by Democratic State Senator Bradford Blackmon.

00:27He told Newsweek that the bill's purpose is to point out the double standards in legislation,

00:32saying,

00:33The reactions from some quarters relating to my bill indicate that men are not held

00:37to the same standard when it comes to the intrusion into their personal private affairs

00:41as women have been held to with the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

00:44According to health policy non-profit KFF, abortion is effectively banned in Mississippi.

00:49NBC News reports that Blackmon's bill is unlikely to pass.

00:53But if his intent was to bring attention to reproductive rights issues, he seems to have

00:57succeeded at that.

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