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Erections Have Consequences: Democratic Senator Proposes Cheeky Bill To Make It Illegal for Men To Ejaculate Without Intent To Reproduce

The ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act,’ would make it unlawful for ‘a person to discharge genetic material without intent to fertilize an embryo.’ But that’s not what it’s really about.

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State Senator Bradford Blackmon asks a question in the Senate chamber at the state Capitol at Jackson, Mississippi. AP/Rogelio V. Solis
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY

As Republican-led states clamp down on abortion access, one Mississippi Democratic lawmaker is taking an eyebrow-raising approach to call out that it takes two to tango. 

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NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY

Ms. Zhukovsky studied economics and government at Dartmouth College.

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