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tulipsandroses

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Sat Jun 22, 2024, 11:32 PM Jun 2024

Why isn't Viagra fair game under the Comstock Act? [View all]

RWers want to not only ban abortions, they are coming for birth control. But if birth control is “obscene”, shouldn’t Viagra be considered as well. I mean if this ever becomes a matter for the “originalists”, they should consider that Comstock wanted to ban birth control because he thought it encouraged women to be “lewd, obscene and promiscuous.”
If that’s the rationale, then doesn’t Viagra “encourage” the same behavior?
Birth control is used for reasons other than birth control. Fibroids and PCOS symptoms are often treated with birth control.

I don’t know of any other reason for Viagra other than causing an erection for sex. I’m sure Comstock would find this obscene and lewd.

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if it's for men's pleasure Skittles Jun 2024 #1
Follow the money. This would piss off a lot of wealthy men... nt mitch96 Jun 2024 #22
Or monitoring viagra use, making doctors turn over viagra records. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #24
Ok Mr Smith BOSSHOG Jun 2024 #33
Send them to fake viagra clinics. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #38
Doctors Visit BOSSHOG Jun 2024 #34
Many men jump through those hoops to keep their wives from finding out getagrip_already Jun 2024 #42
Men will always get what they want. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #43
Insurance. Does. Not. Cover. Viagra. louis-t Jun 2024 #44
Some Health Insurance Companies do. republianmushroom Jun 2024 #52
the generic often is Skittles Jun 2024 #59
Patriarchy. chowder66 Jun 2024 #2
Dems need to keep citing the Comstock Act as a law that could ban "everything from condoms to Viagra" in the mail. eppur_se_muova Jun 2024 #3
THIS, THIS, THIS!! TSExile Jun 2024 #5
Very good point! nt pnwmom Jun 2024 #4
I bet the majority of Viagra is bought by Incels, ammosexuals, trumpsters, etc. But haven't reviewed stats. Silent Type Jun 2024 #6
Incels, by nature, don't have intercourse. Why would they be pounding Viagra? Celerity Jun 2024 #15
Because the Comstock Act specifically mentions abortion. onenote Jun 2024 #7
This is just what I've been saying since they drug slightlv Jun 2024 #8
As long as rape is an option for these a holes "Lysistrata" will never work. littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #9
I think Lysistrata might work to some extent. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #27
No. Most men do not sleep on the couch. raging moderate Jun 2024 #30
So they create their own Lysistrata. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #31
You should read the Comstock Act. It specifically mentions abortion. Viagra and Cialis don't cause abortions. onenote Jun 2024 #36
We are not legal experts arguing the law. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #40
Were they not people who were prosecuted for other " obscenities" in the past? tulipsandroses Jun 2024 #47
Thank you. emulatorloo Jun 2024 #51
Excellent Point! The Roux Comes First Jun 2024 #10
Condoms too In It to Win It Jun 2024 #11
Condoms don't have anything to do with terminating a pregnancy. onenote Jun 2024 #37
I get that part but isn't the Democratic message also that the GOP are coming after contraception In It to Win It Jun 2024 #49
Yes it should. And if they continue to say life begins at conception then they need to start charging Maraya1969 Jun 2024 #12
I think that was the winning argument BigmanPigman Jun 2024 #13
An excellent post malaise Jun 2024 #21
Not to mention it's unlikely to be procreative sex. n/t BWdem4life Jun 2024 #14
Simple explanation: SamKnause Jun 2024 #16
Right you are. But if the women aren't supposed to have sex, who are the men going to have sex with? raccoon Jun 2024 #17
They never explain that part. SamKnause Jun 2024 #18
Women can have sex with men, but they will be severely punished for it. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #28
Women aren't supposed to enjoy it. intheflow Jun 2024 #48
Republicans can use the Comstock Act to ban all sorts of things. Lonestarblue Jun 2024 #19
Hmmmmmmmm malaise Jun 2024 #20
Because men scream bloody murder when you even mention viagra Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #23
OR they say, "Lots of women like Viagra too!" As if the vast majority men weren't completely Scrivener7 Jun 2024 #46
If we could link viagra and abortion laws, abortion would be permanently legal immediately. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #25
What's wrong with being "lewd, obscene and promiscuous?" eShirl Jun 2024 #26
Trump has total permanent immunity from all laws, rules, norms, traditions, agreements. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #29
Actually, Viagra was developed as a cardiology medication Conjuay Jun 2024 #32
Abortion must not be a cash cow for our oligarch overlords. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #41
Because it's not porn or birth control. Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #35
And, moreover, no one is relying on those portions of the Comstock Act that go beyond abortion. onenote Jun 2024 #39
You know why. Scrivener7 Jun 2024 #45
Because Viagra isn't birth control? It is analogous to topical estrogen, emulatorloo Jun 2024 #50
Too many women love Viagra for that to happen Kaleva Jun 2024 #53
See post 46. Scrivener7 Jun 2024 #60
Has a right-winger said that Viagra *isn't* "fair game"? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 #54
It's all a matter of picking definitions. Model35mech Jun 2024 #55
Because it promotes "life" and the ability to create it. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 2024 #56
Because white males want to use it senseandsensibility Jun 2024 #57
Because men's boners Bettie Jun 2024 #58
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