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Texas masturbation bill is now in the hands of the Texas State Affairs Committee.
http://m.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Texas-masturbation-bill-is-now-in-the-hands-of-11052043.phpRep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, is making a point about legislation that restricts women's access to healthcare and abortions by proposing to fine men $100 when they masturbate. Alongside the penalty for wasting semen not resulting in a pregnancy, Farrar's bill would require a "medically unnecessary digital rectal exam" before any man undergoes a vasectomy or can be prescribed Viagra.
The bill contains provisions that would put restrictions on masturbation, vasectomies, Viagra prescriptions and colonoscopies, including:
* The state must create a booklet called "A Man's Right to Know" that contains information on the benefits of and risks of vasectomies, Viagra prescriptions and colonoscopies. A man must review the booklet before getting the procedure.
* A doctor must get consent from the man before providing any of the treatments. The man may only get the treatment after waiting 24 hours and reviewing "A Man's Right to Know."
* A man will be fined $100 for "unregulated masturbatory emissions." The fines will benefit children in the care of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
* A man must receive a rectal exam and an MRI of his rectum before receiving treatments.
* A man can't sue a doctor for refusing to provide these treatments if the procedure violates the doctor's "personal, moralistic, or religious beliefs."
* The state must establish a registry of nonprofit organizations and hospitals that provide abstinence counseling, a supervising physician for "masturbatory emissions," and semen storage.
* "Masturbatory emissions" must be stored for the wife to use for conception at a later time.
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that the phrase "in the hands of" appears in the headline of this thread!
Where do I send my first $100?
as you get older. 
Being 'in the hands' of the 'affairs committee' is 'right' where the republicans would like it to be. One can only hope they choke on their own 'outcomes'.
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