Parody ?

From the Washington Post, 12/26/21:

Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb (D) introduced “parody” legislation this fall in response to the Texas law that amounts to a near-total ban on abortion. Rabb’s proposal would require men to get vasectomies after the birth of their third child or when they turn 40, whichever comes first. It would be enforced by allowing Pennsylvanians to report men who failed to comply, for a $10,000 reward.”

Vasectomy these days is a rather simple ten minute outpatient procedure. Reliable statistics on the number of men who have sought vasectomies since the Texas ban and the U.S. Supreme Court hearing aren’t available.

Dr. Shaw at the Austin Urology Institute in Texas, said his practice saw about a 15 percent increase in scheduled vasectomies after the Sept. 1 Texas abortion ban went into effect.

In that same WaPo article there was an anecdotal story about Andy Gress, a father of four who had a vasectomy on ‘National Vasectomy Day.’

“I’ve seen the miracle of life,” he said. “But I’ve also seen kids who are born into poverty and misery and don’t have a fair shot.”

This comment actually makes a lot of sense to me. Certainly most kids born on welfare are born into poverty and misery, and often don’t have a fair shot. Rather than aborting these fetuses, why not prevent them from ever being conceived by a prophylactic vasectomy. 

Keep in mind that despite the fact that this “parody” legislation was proposed by a Democrat, and even though stuff proposed by Democrats is often a paradigm for ludicrousness, there may be something to run with here. 

Perhaps certain men should be forced to have vasectomies, but I would not target either those over forty, or those who have fathered three children, like Rep. Rabb proposes. Rather I would aim to sterilize those men who have fathered multiple children who are now on welfare. By multiple here, I mean two. Whereas fathering one child is an unfortunate mistake, two would mean “snip & clip.”

1/7/22