Joy Behar suggests vasectomies for Alabama lawmakers that voted for abortion restriction

“The View” co-host Joy Behar on Wednesday suggested that the male Alabama state senators who voted for a bill to ban nearly all abortions should be required to get a vasectomy. 

“Can we look at a picture of the panel of men who did this?” Behar asked on the ABC program as an image of 25 white men who voted for the restrictive legislation was displayed. “There it is. Gee what do they have in common. They’re all men, all white guys.”

“Maybe they should all be required to get a vasectomy, that group in particular,” Behar added to cheers from the audience. 

ALABAMA PASSES NEAR-TOTAL ABORTION BAN: The state Senate has voted to approve one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country and Gov. Kay Ivey will now decide whether to sign legislation — the co-hosts discuss. https://t.co/YcS2f4w8o2 pic.twitter.com/g9t8XOPWXK

— The View (@TheView) May 15, 2019

The comments came as a panel on “The View” discussed the implications of a controversial bill, which passed the Alabama Senate in a 25-6 vote on Tuesday night. The measure calls for banning abortions in virtually all instances, including for victims of rape and incest. 

{mosads}If the bill is signed by the state’s Republican governor, abortion would only be legal if it would save a woman’s life. Abortion providers could face as much as 99 years in prison. 

State Rep. Terri Collins (R), who sponsored the bill, has said that she hopes the legislation will force higher courts to revisit Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that said a woman had a constitutional right to an abortion. 

But Democrats and activists have denounced the legislation as unnecessarily cruel. Some have also criticized the bill by pointing out the gender and race of those who voted for it. 

“These 25 men, who will never be pregnant, just legislated more rights to rapists than to women, girls & victims of rape/incest,” Nahanni Fontaine, who serves as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in Canada, tweeted. “This is some backwards, archaic, intentionally repressive crap.”