Revenge of the vagina

[Victor Steinbok]

Dahlia Lithwick is having fun with it...

http://goo.gl/xDLsH

     VS-)


On 6/19/2012 5:29 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> 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
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> 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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