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https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/do...9/SB2319IN.htm

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2025 Regular Session

To: Judiciary, Division B

By: Senator(s) Blackmon
Senate Bill 2319

AN ACT TO ENACT THE CONTRACEPTION BEGINS AT ERECTION ACT; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO DISCHARGE GENETIC MATERIAL WITHOUT THE INTENT TO FERTILIZE AN EMBRYO; TO PROVIDE FOR CRIMINAL PENALTIES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Contraception Begins at Erection Act."

(2) It shall be unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.

(3) Upon conviction of a violation of this section, a person shall be fined:

(a) One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) for a first offense;
(b) Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00) for a second offense; and

(c) Ten Thousand Dollars (10,000.00) for a third or subsequent offense.

(4) This section shall not apply to the discharge of genetic material:

(a) Donated or sold to a facility for the purpose of future procedures to fertilize an embryo; and

(b) Discharged with the use of a contraceptive or contraceptive method intended to prevent fertilization of an embryo.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.

Also in Ohio

https://www.wcpo.com/news/state/stat...-erection-bill

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new bill in Ohio would make it a crime for men to ejaculate without intending to have a baby.

"You don't get pregnant on your own," state Rep. Anita Somani (D-Dublin) said.

In between performing multiple surgeries as an OBGYN Friday, the Democrat explained that she wants to start regulating men’s reproductive healthcare.

"If you're going to penalize someone for an unwanted pregnancy, why not penalize the person who is also responsible for the pregnancy?" she said.

She introduced legislation that would make it a felony for men to “discharge semen without the intent to fertilize.”
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Somani and state Rep. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) joined forces to propose a bill nicknamed "Conception Begins at Erection Act."

There are some exceptions, such as when protection or contraceptions are used during sex. It also doesn’t apply when an individual is masturbating, donating sperm or if the intercourse takes place between members of the LGBTQ+ community and thus doesn't "produce ova."

So what this would apply to is sex without a condom and without actually wanting to procreate.

This felony would cost violators thousands of dollars, with a max of $10,000 per discharge.

"It's beyond ridiculous what's going on here," Republican activist Austin Beigel laughed. "It's a mockery of the most basic biological concepts."

The humorous aspect is something both Beigel and Somani agree on.

"If you think it's absurd to regulate men, then you should think it's equally absurd to regulate women," Somani responded.

It should be noted that both Acts were made as a statement about laws affecting women's reproduction vs men's reproduction. They were not meant to be enacted.

That this type of legislation would be enacted would be

(putting on sunglasses)

inconceivable.