Viagra For Rapists UPDATE#2:
TEXAS - "nearly 200 registered sex offenders in Texas have obtained Viagra and other sex-enhancing drugs through Medicaid . . . "
FLORIDA - "Attorney General Charlie Crist says the Medicaid program paid 93-thousand dollars to provide Viagra to 218 Florida sex offenders over the last four years . . . "
NEW YORK - "Gov. Pataki yesterday ordered a total ban on Viagra for all city and state sex offenders on parole — even if they pay for it themselves . . . "
UPDATE: "Scores of convicted rapists and other high-risk sex offenders in New York have been getting Viagra paid by Medicaid for the last five years, the state's comptroller said Sunday. . . While the auditors didn't review the situation on Viagra reimbursement by Medicaid in other states, he said they have no indication that the policies are different elsewhere."
Via Feministing:
"Sex offenders have been getting Viagra covered by Medicaid, but rape victims across the country can't even get emergency contraception when they go to the hospital."
According to a survey released by the ACLU of Tennessee, “only one quarter of surveyed Tennessee hospital emergency rooms always provide emergency contraception to sexual assault patients.”
Do sex offenders receive Viagra via Medicaid/TennCare in Tennessee?
And why is it necessary for our legislators to waste valuable time discussing the pros and cons of providing emergency contraception to rape victims? What are the cons?
The right of rapists to reproduce themselves?
For information on the emergency contraception bills which Tennessee legislators continue to discuss, see Thoughts of Average Woman.
