{"id":82770,"date":"2015-12-17T16:45:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T21:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=82770"},"modified":"2015-12-17T22:22:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T03:22:00","slug":"pro-abortion-south-carolina-legislator-plays-sexism-card-with-viagra-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-south-carolina-legislator-plays-sexism-card-with-viagra-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion South Carolina legislator plays sexism card with Viagra bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div id=\"attachment_82870\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82870\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-82870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11951375_10201184342248802_4452037685250279816_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mia McLeod (via Facebook)\" width=\"227\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11951375_10201184342248802_4452037685250279816_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11951375_10201184342248802_4452037685250279816_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/11951375_10201184342248802_4452037685250279816_n.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia McLeod (via Facebook)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Often, pro-abortion legislative tactics resemble nothing so much as a child\u2019s temper tantrum. Today\u2019s example: a South Carolina state politician is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/want-viagra-s-c-bill-would-make-men-go-through-n480741\">proposing a bill<\/a> that places a variety of limits on the purchase of erectile-dysfunction drugs, supposedly to demonstrate the evil sexism of abortion restrictions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;I purposely tried to make it as invasive, as intrusive, as hypocritical and unnecessary as possible to make the point,&#8221; state Rep. Mia McLeod, a Democrat from Columbia, said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">McLeod \u2014 a lawyer and public relations specialist \u2014 told NBC station WCBD of Charleston she wants to make sure men in the male-dominated Legislature know what it feels like to have their reproductive rights targeted [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Oh, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;ll pass,&#8221; McLeod told WCBD. &#8220;I really just want to broaden the discussion and get people thinking about and talking about some of the issues that women face who are seeking legal abortion services in this state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The bill would require men attempting to buy Viagra, Cialis, or any other ED to drug submit to a 24-hour waiting period, sex therapy to determine whether his ED is a psychological issue, three counseling sessions pertaining to \u201csexual counseling\u201d and celibacy resources, and to provide a notarized affidavit from a sexual partner confirming he\u2019s suffered from ED sometime in the last 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>Yes. Really.<\/p>\n<p>Bustle\u2019s Megan Grant, who is so taken in by this pander to the rank-and-file\u2019s arrogance that she\u2019s positively swooning over its brilliance (the left-wing Addicting Info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.addictinginfo.org\/2015\/12\/16\/the-brilliant-sc-bill-that-will-finally-make-some-male-lawmakers-feel-more-like-a-woman\/\">outright calls<\/a> it \u201cbrilliant.\u201d And \u201cperfect.\u201d), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/130210-this-one-quote-from-rep-mia-mcleod-shows-why-a-womans-choice-to-get-an-abortion\">provides<\/a> another quote from McLeod: \u201cI just decided that until they could stay out of my uterus, I would refuse to stay out of their bedroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The stupidity and dishonesty on display here are almost\u2014<em>almost<\/em>\u2014beyond belief. What makes it even more depressing is that this <a href=\"\/news\/dear-lawmakers-please-dont-make-a-mockery-of-the-pro-life-movement\/\">isn&#8217;t the first time<\/a>\u00a0a pro-abortion politician\u00a0has pulled this sort of stunt.<\/p>\n<p>The first way this \u201cpoint\u201d fails harder than <a href=\"\/news\/bad-news-now-its-sexist-to-laugh-at-wendy-davis\/\">Wendy Davis in a red-state election<\/a> is that only one of those provisions, the waiting period, is even equivalent to an actual pro-life law. Typically, abortion informed-consent requirements are merely information a pregnant women must be given, and resources on counseling available <em>if she chooses to seek it<\/em>\u2014not repeated mandatory sessions where her mental state is questioned. I gather the affidavit is supposed to be a dig at <a href=\"\/news\/look-renee-ellmerss-new-ideas-make-20-week-abortion-ban-completely-useless\/\">reporting requirements for rape exceptions<\/a>, but there\u2019s a pretty big difference there\u2014unlike erectile dysfunction, rape is, y\u2019know, <em>a crime<\/em>. Last time I checked, ascertaining when those take place was kind of important.<\/p>\n<p>The second inconvenient truth is that virtually <a href=\"\/news\/naral-lies-about-which-drugs-scotus-ruled-on-in-hobby-lobby-case\/\">no pro-life law attempts to give Viagra the special treatment<\/a> McLeod\u2019s side demands for abortion and contraception. Generally speaking, we don\u2019t believe in taxpayer funding or compulsory employer coverage of <em>any<\/em> elective service, and among those who do, you\u2019d be hard-pressed to find anybody who arbitrarily supports them for things used by one sex versus those for the other. That\u2019s because we <a href=\"\/news\/obamacare-tramples-constitution\/\">respect the Constitution<\/a> and aren\u2019t interested in using government to force personal preferences on people.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Rep. McLeod is really worried about misguided Viagra policy, she might want to check in with her fellow pro-abortion Democrats who\u2019ve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/livepulse\/0310\/Dems_reject_amendment_to_ban_Viagra_for_sex_offenders.html\">opposed eliminating Viagra coverage for sex offenders<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Third, this is ultimately an act of petulant dishonesty, a bit of insincere indignation and cheap theater meant to <a href=\"\/news\/salon-writer-furious-culture-isnt-normalizing-abortion-fast-enough\/\">pretend the truth of abortion away<\/a>. Unlike abortion, the direct effect of ED medication really is limited to the man. It literally does nothing to anybody else (yes, it helps sex with another individual, but that\u2019s an indirect result\u2026 and also not analogous to abortion anyway). If a man cited pro-aborts\u2019 infamous \u201cmy body, my choice\u201d in defense of their Viagra use\u2026 it would actually be true, for once.<\/p>\n<p>But abortion, as McLeod knows full well but doesn\u2019t have the integrity to confront, does affect somebody else. Who does Viagra kill, Assemblywoman? How fully and implausibly do these people have to pretend the baby isn\u2019t there before lawmakers on the other side of the aisle no longer feels obliged to bend over backwards to \u201crespect\u201d opposing positions?<\/p>\n<p>This bill of course won\u2019t pass, but if I know Republicans (<a href=\"\/news\/senate-republicans-oppose-ted-cruz-mike-lees-move-defund-planned-parenthood\/\">and I do<\/a>), it won\u2019t get the blistering public condemnation it needs, either. Indeed, out of over a dozen news pieces I read on this stunt, none have any kind of reactions from GOP lawmakers. While one could argue the merits of a \u201cignore it to deny it the dignity of a response\u201d approach, the larger issue is that this is the latest case of abortion advocates shamelessly demagoguging the issue and skating by without having to confront a real discussion of what\u2019s at stake.<\/p>\n<p>The goal should not be to merely hold the line against pro-choice advancement, but to win the argument and reorient the public\u2019s understanding of which abortion positions are reasonable and which are extreme. You can\u2019t do that if you don\u2019t take every opportunity to call lying and misdirection by their names.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often, pro-abortion legislative tactics resemble nothing so much as a child\u2019s temper tantrum. 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