Viagra bill to require wife's consent

[Darrell KSR]

You Kentucky Democrats....

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-lawmaker-protests-anti-abortion-advocates-with-viagra-bill/

[KeithKSR]

That's nuts.

[Darrell KSR]

That's nuts.

lol.

Internet win of the day.

[Doc]

And then they wonder why the constituents are tired of them and voted for Trump. It's stupid #### like this that makes people hate our elected officials

[CitizenBBN]

Symptomatic of how the parties have operated, pandering to their core and more extreme base. The GOP did it for a while and lost out, and the Dems have absolutely doubled down on it and are being butchered everywhere but a handful of major cities. The extreme core loves this stuff, the rest of the country is utterly fed up.

The problem with this bill is that it tries to make taking viagra as an analogy for having an abortion. I'm pretty liberal on most social issues, but clearly no matter how you feel about abortion the decision and act is far more consequential than taking a viagra.

Belittling the issue on either side is not going to be a winning position. Sure there is an extreme pro choice core that things that having an abortion is absolutely not a big deal even once the fetus can survive outside the mother, but that's a pretty small group. Likewise there is a core pro life group that thinks abortion is wrong even in the case of rape and such, and their view wont' win the day either.

So it's a silly argument that wont' win the middle of the road voters on this issue. As Doc said, it's a publicity stunt that won't really do anything except further turn off voters who are sick of the games and endless spin.

As an aside, Kentucky for being a pretty conservative state is pretty moderate on many such issues. The GOP now controls the 2 branches and has said they wont' be dumb enough to shoot themselves in the foot with things like a bathroom bill. This abortion bill is pretty mild by southern conservative standards, implementing a 24 hour waiting period where the woman must consult with a doctor and wait 24 hours before the procedure.

I don't know if that's right or wrong, but it's pretty mild in the context of how it is legislated in other states, both blue and red.