State Rep. Kelly Cassidy Proposes 'Viagra Amendment' To Ultrasound Mandate In Illinois

[cynatnite]

An Illinois lawmaker proposed an amendment to a state mandatory ultrasound bill that would require men to watch a graphic video about the side effects of Viagra before legally being able to receive a prescription for it.

The amendment's sponsor, State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D), said she wanted to add gender equity to the "Ultrasound Opportunity Act" proposed in the Illinois House, which would require women to undergo a sometimes invasive, medically unnecessary ultrasound procedure before having an abortion. Cassidy said her proposal should not be dismissed as a merely symbolic "protest amendment."

"If they're serious about us not being about to make our own health care decisions, then I'm just as serious about them not being able to make theirs," she told HuffPost on Monday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/05/viagra-amendment-ultrasound-mandate-illinois_n_1321800.html

[shcrane71]

1. My religion tells me that Viagra is an abomination.

[longship]

2. VA Sen Janet Howell gets the award

For her amendment to VA's mandatory ultrasound bill that would require Rectal exams before any Viagra prescription.

[thucythucy]

3. To make it truly equitable

men who want a Viagra prescription should be forced to undergo an examination of their urinary tract. You know, one of those little tubes they push up your penis, to examine your bladder and such?

Of course this would be invasive, painful, perhaps humiliating and of course medically unnecessary.

But watching a film isn't in the same league as a vaginal ultrasound. This is.