State Senator: Sex Is 'Recreation' And Birth Control Is Cheap, So I Shouldn't Have To Pay

Alaska Republican state Sen. Fred Dyson said sex without the goal of procreation is "recreation," so taxpayers shouldn't have to front the costs of frisky residents' contraception.

"I don't think there's an overwhelming or compelling reason for the state or the people -- i.e. other people's money -- to be required to finance other people's recreation," Dyson said on the Senate floor. "That's my own personal view.

The issue of Alaska's government paying for expanded family planning services arose during discussion on a bill that spells out when the state would pay for abortions under Medicaid, The Associated Press reported.

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