Things are looking up for New energy – and stinging humor – has emboldened opponents of Virginia’s new ultrasound law, thanks to State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax)’s proposed amendment requiring men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test in order to get a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication. She explained her probing, trenchant reasoning to the HuffPo:
We need some gender equity here… 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?
Indeed. Although the bill passed, while Sen. Howell’s amendment failed, but barely by a small margin: 19 in favor, 21 against.
