Kentucky state Rep. Mary Lou Marzian hopes to give the state's male-dominated House a taste of its own medicine after the recent passage of an abortion law that she thinks reeks of sexism. The law requires women to have a medical consultation 24 hours before having an abortion, so Marzian has proposed a bill that would require men to go through similar hurdles before receiving erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra, The New York Times reports:
Under the legislation by Ms. Marzian, a Democrat, men would have to navigate a series of obstacles before they could obtain erectile dysfunction drugs, like Viagra. Each man would be required to have two doctor visits, a signed-and-dated letter from his spouse providing consent and a sworn statement — delivered with his hand on a Bible — that he would use the drugs only to have sex with his spouse.Only married men would be eligible for the drugs. [The New York Times]
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