Senator Janet Howell, Badass of the Day
To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication.
“We need some gender equity here,” she told HuffPost. “The Virginia senate is about to pass a bill that will require a woman to have totally unnecessary medical procedure at their cost and inconvenience. If we’re going to do that to women, why not do that to men?”
A FUCKING PLUS.
This is like that state bill that Republicans tried to pass to make drug tests mandatory for either welfare recipients. So a Democrat amended the bill to say that drug tests were also mandatory for lawmakers. The bill was withdrawn.
You go girl! And A-Fucking-Men!
(Source: coketalk, via aimmyarrowshigh)
