May 13, 2010

Require Viagra disclosure for Oklahoma legislators

I read that the Oklahoma legislature passed a bill to collect personal information about women who receive an abortion and then post the data on a website. Among other details, the questionnaire would ask any "woman seeking an abortion to provide marital status, reasons for ending the pregnancy, whether she currently is receiving public assistance and whether the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest."

Since the Oklahoma legislature has such low regard for medical privacy, I suggest that they be required to fill out a similar questionnaire when they're treated for "ED." It will help them empathize with what they're requiring from women.

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It should include detailed questions about why they're seeking treatment, what sort of problems they're having, and whether or not it exclusively involves their spouse. The data should be posted on a public website, just like the data for abortions.

I suspect it would help us better understand why Oklahoma politicians do some of the things they do.