Want Viagra? Proposed Kentucky law would require note from spouse

However, she said the bill was a response to several anti-abortion measures, including a recently ratified law that requires a woman seeking an abortion to get counseling at least 24 hours in advance from a health professional. It was the very first piece of legislation Gov. Matt Bevin signed into law in February as a newly elected governor.

Marzian told Alan one of the major issues facing Kentucky residents is the lack of access to abortion clinics, with only two clinics available to a population of over four million. He would also be required to swear on a Bible that his prescription would only be used when having sexual relations with his current spouse. In doing so, the bill pokes at the authority of male lawmakers who place inconvenient roadblocks in front of women seeking abortions.

The conservative movement sweeping Kentucky has put women in the cross hairs of its battle to take over government at all levels, and it’s time we recognize this hypocrisy for what it is.

In 2012, The Huffington Post reported that OH legislator Nina Turner introduced a similar bill, mandating that men see psychologists before obtaining Viagra and other erectile dysfunction medications.

Marzian, a Democrat, explained the reason behind her bill plain and simply: “We do not want government involved in personal, private medical matters, “she told NBC station WAVE of Louisville”. The requirement that only married men could receive the drugs was aimed at politicians’ stated focus on family values, she added. Being an abortion rights supporter, Marzian had not supported the “informed consent” bill.

“So I wanted to hit a chord that men could understand how it feels to have a politician say, ‘Well, you really don’t know enough; you really need some education about this because you just don’t know enough about your body; and we need to insert ourselves into your private life'”.

“I want to protect these men from themselves”, Marzian, a retired nurse, told the Courier-Journal.

Plenty of uproar over a Kentucky lawmaker’s bill that would force men to get a permission note from their wives before they would be allowed to buy the little blue pills.