In early October 2021, reports of an unusual initiative appeared on the Internet: supposedly a vasectomy can become mandatory for many Americans. We checked the reliability of this news.
October 4, 2021 on the website of IA "Red Spring" I went out Note "In the United States, they talked about the forced sterilization of men." It reported a bill, which was announced two days earlier by Christopher Rabb, a member of the Pennsylvania representatives from the Democratic Party. It is argued that, according to Rabba, so far American society and the state have only been engaged in restricting the “bodily autonomy of women and girls”, therefore, from now on, it is necessary to make responsible and cisgender men. The bill states that the “inseminists” will be obliged to make a vasectomy within six weeks either after the birth of the third child, or after reaching the age of 40. Rabb also offers to pay a reward of $ 10,000 for a denunciation for the violator of the future law. In the following days, users told about this initiative "VKontakte", Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, "Yandex.Zen" and other social networks and a blog-platform.
October 2 on the website of the House of Pennsylvania Representatives appeared An information letter prepared by Christopher Rabb and sent to his colleagues. In general, in Russian -speaking media and social networks, its content is described correctly, while the authors of many retells ignore the very strange style of this letter that differs from others Similar texts of politics. In three weeks that have passed since the publication of the letter, this idea and Not accepted The form of the bill and, judging by the site of the House of Pennsylvania, was not discussed at meetings.
Presenting This idea on Twitter, Rabb said that he was inspired by the example of his colleague Kelly Cassidy from Illinois. In mid -September she Published The draft law on the expansion of termination services. The idea was called Texas ACT - Cassidi directly states that it is serious restrictions To conduct an abortion in Texas inspired her to improve legislation in their staff. In both cases, as in the initiative of Rabba, the amount of $ 10,000 appears: in Texas, this is a reward for a denunciation for a person who helped or contributed to the conduct of illegal abortion, in Illinois, it is proposed to pay an identical amount for a message about the acts of domestic violence, rape or another situation that led to an undesirable pregnancy.
October 4 Rabb Published A press release in which he directly called his two days earlier the initiative of the “parody”. The deputy from Pennsylvania again referred to his party colleague from Illinois and emphasized that his satirical idea was designed to draw attention to violation of women and representatives of other genders. “I urge everyone who sees the law that I proposed to be absurd, to treat the laws equally meticulous in places like Texas or right here in Pennsylvania, where paternalistic restrictions are introduced regarding personal free cisgender women, transgender men and non -warn people with an unwanted pregnancy,” the politician said.
In a conversation with our colleagues from the Politifact factor project Rabb declaredthat the purpose of his satirical initiative was to "emphasize the double standards existing in relation to the reproductive rights of different genders." At the same time, the politician understands that this bill will never be adopted. “If men have problems with the government making a decision on their fertility, then where is the outrage regarding state regulation in relation to the female uterus?” - added Rabb.
Satirical news
- Politifact. Memo Detailing Bill To Require Vasectomies in Pennsylvania Written to Parody Texas ABORTION LAW
- Snopes. A Three-Child Limit? Bill Parodies Texas ’Stript ABORTION LAW
- USA Today. Fact Check: Pennsylvania Bill Proposing Restricts on Male Reproductive Rights IS satirical
- Reuters. FACT Check - Reproductive Responsibility Bill for Men Introdued as Satire
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