Justice for all

Justice for all

Pro-choice activist Jessica Farrar, a Texas state legislator, introduced a bill in March to create consistency between the state's rigorous regulation of women's reproductive functions and...

Justice for all

Pro-choice activist Jessica Farrar, a Texas state legislator, introduced a bill in March to create consistency between the state's rigorous regulation of women's reproductive functions and those of men. Because Texas's anti-abortion laws highlight "procreation" as a crucial government interest, she believes male use of erectile-dysfunction drugs should be regulated as abortion is. Under her bill, individual use of Viagra or similar drugs must be preceded by "counseling" similar to that required by abortion laws, and since male masturbation involves the "wasting" of precious sperm cells, it, too, would require "beforehand" counseling.

pro-choice/pour la légalisation de l’avortement – activist/militant – bill/projet de loi – consistency/cohérence – regulation/réglementation, loi – abortion/avortement, interruption volontaire de grossesse (IVG) – law/loi, législation - to highlight/souligner – drug/médicament – under/en vertu de - counseling (US) = counselling (GB)/conseils, assistance-accompagnement (psychologique) – since/ici, étant donné que - to involve/impliquer, induire - to waste/gaspiller – beforehand/au préalable