--- 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: 2026-03-31T09:13:53.179Z 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 ## Video: After 2 Rejections, FDA Approves Drug Dubbed 'Female Viagra' [Watch (HLS stream): After 2 Rejections, FDA Approves Drug Dubbed 'Female Viagra'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Zs5thHzC.m3u8) (1:07)  _Published 2015-08-19. The FDA approved Addyi, a drug whose maker claims it helps raise sexual desire in women. 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.” \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kentucky-viagra-idUSKCN0VO22Y)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4224832/kentucky-viagra-bill/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4224832/kentucky-viagra-bill/"},"headline":"Kentucky Bill Would Require Men Seeking Viagra to Swear Fidelity on Bible","datePublished":"2016-02-15T19:32:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:13:53.179Z","description":"The bill is symbolic","url":"https://time.com/4224832/kentucky-viagra-bill/","keywords":["Kentucky"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4224832/kentucky-viagra-bill/","name":"Kentucky Bill Would Require Men Seeking Viagra to Swear Fidelity on Bible"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"After 2 Rejections, FDA Approves Drug Dubbed 'Female Viagra'","description":"The FDA approved Addyi, a drug whose maker claims it helps raise sexual desire in women. 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