Ohio Bill Would Require Men Submit Affidavit From Sex
Partner Confirming Impotence Before Receiving Viagra
Ohio State Senator Nina Turner, D-Cleveland
- Ohio lawmaker wants to make men jump through additional hoops to obtain drugs to treat erectile dysfunction
Senate Bill 307, which would require doctors to take certain steps before and after prescribing PDE-5 inhibitors such as Viagra. The mandatory actions would include things such as:
- having the patient obtain a affidavit from at least one of their sexual partners certifying the patient suffers from erectile dysfunction;
- referring the patient to a state approved sexual therapist; and
-having the patient sign a written notification that details possible risks and complications from the prescribed drugs
WHY ???
- trying to turn female reproduction rights laws back on men.
Senate Bill 307 is her way of protesting Ohio's Heartbeat Bill which would ban any abortion in which the fetal heartbeat could be detected. With modern technology, the heartbeat can sometimes be detected as soon as six weeks into the pregnancy. The language of Turner's bill closely resembles the text of the Heartbeat Bill but with a male perspective.
Turner told <a href="http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/08/10612704-want-viagra-ohio-lawmaker-wants-men-to-get-second-opinion">MSNBC</a>, I'm fed up over all this concern, consideration, and conversation over the feeble and fragile minds of women who are unable to make decisions on their own. I thought it was time to show our men some love and some regulation, she added. It was time to level the playing field for all.
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