"People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
  • Emerald@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    10 days 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

  • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
    5·
    11 days ago

    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.

  • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    10 days 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.

    • Lesrid@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

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

      Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of/

  • Critical_Thinker@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    10 days 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.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 days 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?

    • JB33@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 days 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.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 days 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.worldEnglish
            02·
            10 days 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              9 days 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.

  • nekbardrun@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 days 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.

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 days ago

    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.

    • MothmanDelorian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      10 days ago

      You should read the actual article then as you will be surprised to discover what this guy’s actual goals are.

      • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        0·
        10 days ago

        I did read the article. While I understand he’s trying to even out the responsibility for pregnancy, I’m at a loss to understand how this will legitimately help in any way.