An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 23, 2024
- April 22, 2024
- April 21, 2024
- April 20, 2024
- April 19, 2024
- April 18, 2024
- April 17, 2024
June 15, 2012 10:00 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kLaFIECoEN4/woman-legislator-in-michigan-b.html
Woman legislator in Michigan barred from future debates for using the word "vagina" in abortion debate
Michigan state rep Rep. Lisa Brown intervened in a debate about a pending abortion bill in which she used the word "vagina," for which she was censured, and prohibited from participating in some future, unrelated debates. She was not the only woman legislator prohibited from speaking during the debate. Rep. Barb Byrum was barred from [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kLaFIECoEN4/woman-legislator-in-michigan-b.html
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article