The bill would prohibit men from having sex or masturbating unless they intend to fertilize an embryo, with a couple exceptions.

The bill introduced would impose fines of up to $10,000 on men who engage in unprotected sex without the goal of pregnancy.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A state senator in Mississippi has filed a bill entitled the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act.” As written by Sen. Bradford Blackmon, the bill would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”

The bill would ban unprotected sex without the intent of procreation. Sponsoring Sen. Bradford Blackmon, D-Canton, hopes to make a point.

State Senator Bradford Blackmon's bill would make it "unlawful" for someone to ejaculate without "the intent to fertilize an embryo."

Mississippi state senator Bradford Blackmon has proposed a law banning male masturbation in an attempt to highlight double standards in reproductive rights. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.