Mississippi state Sen. Bradford Blackmon, a Democrat, introduced a bill this week that would seemingly ban men from masturbating or engaging in other sexual acts when they have no "intent to fertilize an embryo."
The bill, titled the "Contraception Begins at Erection Act," would make it unlawful for "a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo." It includes exceptions for sperm donation and using contraception to prevent fertilization.
The bill, introduced Monday, would impose fines of $1,000 for a first offense, $5,000 for a second offense and $10,000 for any subsequent offenses.
The bill is unlikely to pass the GOP-led Legislature, but if it does and is signed into law by Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, it would go into effect in July.
Blackmon, a first-term senator representing a district north of Jackson, the capital, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In a statement to NBC affiliate WLBT of Jackson, Blackmon referred to the high number of state legislative bills introduced in recent years that target women's access to reproductive health care, specifically abortion and contraception.
"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," he wrote. "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."
민주당 소속의 미시시피 주의회 상원의원 브래드포트 블랙몬이 "발기부터 시작되는 피임법" 이라는걸 만들어서 "배아를 수정시킬 의도 없이 유전물질을 배출하는 행위" 를 할시 1차 위반 때 1천달러 (약 140만원), 2차 위반시 5천달러 (약 720만원), 최대 1만달러에 달하는 벌금을 부과시킨다고 함.
미시시피는 공화당 다수당인데다 이런 황당한 법안이 진짜 통과될 리는 없다고 함.
블랙몬 상원의원에 의하면 "여자는 낙태법으로 처벌받을 수 있는데 남자는 관련된 법 조항이 없다, 이 법안을 통해 남자도 낙태 문제에 끌어들이겠다" 라며 사실상 낙태죄의 미러링 목적으로 해당 법안을 제출했다고 함.
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