Lawmakers Just Proposed Making It Illegal For Men To Have Unprotected Sex, And YES, This Is REAL

However, the bill does provide exceptions if the male partner uses protection or contraception, masturbates on their own, donates sperm, or is a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

Think it sounds nutty? You’ll get no arguments from Rep. Anita Somani, who co-sponsored the bill with fellow Democrat Tristan Rader.

In an editorial for the Columbus Dispatch, Somani, a gynecologist, admitted she knows “how ludicrous my sounds” but said that was the point.

“Is my bill offensive because it dares to attack men? Maybe, but again, as an OB/GYN, I’m against regulating anyone’s reproductive rights,” she said. Those decisions, she argued, ”should be between the patient and the physician without criminal penalties being built into bills conservative organizations are promoting across the country.”

HuffPost has reached out to Somani for details on the bill. 

In an interview with CBS Cleveland affiliate WOIO, Somani said there’s no doubt about the damage restrictive abortion laws have had on women.

“What other right do you know of where women have different rights based on where they live versus men?” she asked. “If I live in a state that protects reproductive rights, I have more rights than somebody who lives in a state where reproductive rights have been restricted.”