Want Viagra? Come back tomorrow with a note, lawmaker says

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — If women have to wait 24 hours in South Carolina to get an abortion, men should have to do the same before they can get Viagra or other drugs to help them have sex, according to a tongue-in-cheek proposal discussed Wednesday.

Lawmakers cracked jokes about the bill — which also requires a sworn statement from a partner detailing their man's problems — but sponsor Rep. Mia McLeod said it isn't a laughing matter.

McLeod's bill would require a 24-hour waiting period before an erectile dysfunction medicine could be picked up from the pharmacy and require patients to get counseling on celibacy as a valid life choice, which mirror requirements of South Carolina's abortion law.