‘Conception begins at erection’: The absurd theater of the Left

Published February 18, 2025 6:00am ET



Ohio Democrats proposed a bill earlier this month to prohibit the discharge of semen except with the intent to fertilize any embryo. Titled the Conception Begins at Erection Act, this Saturday Night Live skit posing as legislation is proof that the remaining leftists in Ohio are neither serious nor likely to find their way out of the political wilderness anytime soon.

This is clearly much ado about nothing. The bill has no bipartisan sponsors in a legislature that is dominated by the GOP. It will go nowhere and will get there in record time. However, the two Democratic legislators are hijacking the most essential process of self-government for absurd leftist theater.

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