Oklahoma's Proposed Anti-Masturbation Amendment

Oklahoma State Senator Constance Johnson Explains Her Masturbation Amendment | Mediaite

It is facetious, designed to give equal time to the poor sperm, since serious propositions have weighed in on the "sacred" egg.

“Any action in which a man ejaculates or otherwise deposits semen anywhere but in a woman’s vagina shall be interpreted and construed as an action against an unborn child.”— Text from the amendment proposed by Oklahoma State Senator Constance Johnson as a protest to the state’s controversial “personhood” bill (currently being debated in the State Senate) which would force women to listen to the heartbeat of the fetus before going through with an abortion. Sen. Johnson tabled the amendment after making her point and explained her feelings in an op-ed in The Guardian, in which she said:

The Personhood bill would potentially allow governmental intrusion into families’ personal lives by policing what happens to a woman’s eggs without any similar thought to what happens to a man’s sperm.

My amendment seeks to draw attention to the absurdity, duplicity and lack of balance inherent in the policies of this state in regard to women.

Comments

[David Gilbert]

This risk here, of course, is that this amendment stood a pretty good chance of making its way into law...which is sort of over the top for "making a point". It's a shame we don't have more legislators who make sense here in Texas.