--- title: Kentucky Bill Would Require Viagra Seekers to Swear on Bible description: A Kentucky lawmaker's bill would require men who are seeking erectile dysfunction drugs to swear on the Bible to only have sex with his wife canonical: https://time.com/4224832/kentucky-viagra-bill/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-15T19:32:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:49:22.761Z article:section: Politics og:title: Kentucky Bill Would Require Oath of Fidelity to Get Viagra og:description: It's a symbolic attempt by a Democrat to protest state's anti-abortion law og:url: https://time.com/4224832/kentucky-viagra-bill/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kentucky Bill Would Require Oath of Fidelity to Get Viagra twitter:description: It's a symbolic attempt by a Democrat to protest state's anti-abortion law twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kentucky Bill Would Require Men Seeking Viagra to Swear Fidelity on Bible > Sponsored content. 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But it's been a long and controversial process._  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 15, 2016 7:32 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 15, 2016 7:32 PM UTC A Kentucky lawmaker has [introduced a bill that would require men](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kentucky-viagra-idUSKCN0VO22Y) who are seeking erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra to be married, to get a note of consent from their wives, and to swear on the Bible to remain faithful. The [legislation](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB396/bill.pdf), penned by Democratic Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, is a symbolic attempt to prove a point about the government’s role in private medical decisions, she told Reuters on Monday. It has little chance of becoming law. It comes after Republican Gov. Matt Bevin [signed an informed consent law](http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-governor/2016/02/12/bevin-mocked-vagina-social-media-storm/80302124/) that requires women to consult with a doctor before having an abortion. “My point is to illustrate how intrusive and ridiculous it is for elected officials to be inserting themselves into private and personal medical decisions,” Marzian, 61, told the news agency. “We need to stop it, we need to allow women and men to make their own decisions with their doctor and their family.” \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kentucky-viagra-idUSKCN0VO22Y)\] ## Transcript The FDA has approved a drug that's long been trumpeted as the female Viagra. The brand name is Addy and it's a non- hormonal pill that treats hypoactive sexual desire disorder in pre- menopausal women. Unlike Viagra though, the drug doesn't address a physical problem like erectile dysfunction. Instead it's thought to work on the nervous system, affecting desire itself. Addyi has been controversial for a long time. In 2010, it was rejected by the FDA. Major concerns included the benefits not being dramatic enough, the testing methods not being thorough enough, and a lack of consensus on the low- libido diagnosis it claims to treat. In my clinical practice of 15 years in general internal medicine, I've never met a woman That fulfills the formal diagnostic criteria for this disorder. Other critics have accused the drug maker of treating normal levels of sexual desire like the disease and of misusing feminist rhetoric in its marketing, while the company frames the drug as a breakthrough for women. I think this is absolutely an evolution in the female sexual revolution. 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