Revenge of the vagina

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/16/2012 03:45 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>And yesterday, a Michigan Rep. was prevented from saying
>"vagina" in her speech on an abortion bill. In every case, the prudish
>element was Republican legislators.

"Silenced Mich. lawmaker does 'Vagina Monologues'"

http://news.yahoo.com/silenced-mich-lawmaker-does-vagina-monologues-235603374.html

Apparently Michigan Republicans added another banned word:

"Democratic Rep. Barb Byrum, of Onondaga, said she also was barred
from speaking last Thursday because she referred to vasectomies
during the debate."

Joel

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