Most readers have probably heard about a bill Kentucky State Representative Mary Lou Marzian proposed in response to Kentucky's most recent intrusion on a woman's right to choose:
In addition to being hilariously funny, her bill represents a philosophical argument Socrates would have been proud of. His distinctive technique was to take an inadequately thought through position and show how it leads to conclusions his interlocutor cannot accept. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, a spoof like the bill Representative Marzian proposed is worth 10,000 or 100,000.
Hats off to a Kentucky legislator with the guts, wisdom, and delicious sense of humor to come up with the proposal she made!
(See here for an op ed by Representative Marzian in the Kentucky Courier Journal.)
A health care practitioner shall:Representative Marzian, a retired nurse, wanted to expose the hypocrisy behind Kentucky's new law requiring a women to receive "counseling" 24 hours before having a legal abortion, in hope that Kentucky women would join her in saying "enough is enough." Not surprisingly, her proposal has gone viral. It's an act of political genius. Rather than offering another rant, she takes the precedent of legislative intrusion into medical care to its logical extreme - but focused on men.
(1) Require a man to have two (2) office visits on two (2) different calendar days before the health care practitioner prescribes a drug for erectile dysfunction to him;
(2) Prescribe a drug for erectile dysfunction only to a man who is currently married;
(3) Require a man to produce a signed and dated letter from the man's current spouse providing consent for a prescription for erectile dysfunction; and
(4) Require a man to make a sworn statement with his hand on a Bible that he will only use a prescription for a drug for erectile dysfunction when having sexual relations with his current spouse.
In addition to being hilariously funny, her bill represents a philosophical argument Socrates would have been proud of. His distinctive technique was to take an inadequately thought through position and show how it leads to conclusions his interlocutor cannot accept. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, a spoof like the bill Representative Marzian proposed is worth 10,000 or 100,000.
Hats off to a Kentucky legislator with the guts, wisdom, and delicious sense of humor to come up with the proposal she made!
(See here for an op ed by Representative Marzian in the Kentucky Courier Journal.)
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