While we’ve been distracted by wildfire tragedies, and the dizzying stream of Project 2025-inspired directives flowing from the Oval Office, we cannot forget that the Republican-led war on women’s reproductive rights shows no signs of waning.
In fact, it’s heating up again.
Last week, a Democratic Mississippi state senator with a wry sense of humor introduced a law meant to call attention to the absurdity of America’s enduring efforts to control women’s bodies.
Sen. Bradford Blackmon, 36, introduced the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” which would criminalize ejaculation – “the discharge of genetic material” – without the “intent to fertilize an embryo.”
Yes, it’s silly. But he has a point. Why should women shoulder all the responsibility for unwanted pregnancies? Without men ejaculating irresponsibly, after all, there would be none.