Vagina in the House! I said, Vagina in the House! Yesterday Michigan state rep Lisa Brown got all up in her fellow legislators' faces over their proposed abortion bill that imposes new regulations on abortion providers and bans all abortions after 20 weeks. She made a well-reasoned, passionate case about how she, as an observant Jewish woman would never force other people to live by her beliefs -- so why are conservative legislators trying to make all Michigan women live by theirs? And then she let loose the V-Bomb:
And finally, Mr. Speaker, I'm flattered that you're all so interested in my vagina, but 'no' means 'no.'
Burhurrhurr -- va-WHAT?!? That little aside got Brown banned from speaking on the floor. But she's not finished -- and neither are these other women.
Okay, so maybe Brown should have said "uterus" instead of "vagina" since that's where the zygote grows. But the point is: If you can't say it don't legislate it. This is how exasperated and incredulous women are becoming over these pushy abortion bills.
Rep. Barb Byum is so fed up she tried to introduce an amendment to the bill banning men from getting a vasectomy unless sterilization would save the man's life. Ha! Good one, Barb. Point well taken. Oh and by the way -- you're banned, too. Barb wasn't allowed to introduce the amendment which, in my opinion, is no less ridiculous than the bill itself. But then I guess that point is a little too hard for the House speaker to swallow.
So now two things are forbidden on the Michigan state floor: The word "vagina" and irony.
Well you can ban vagina, irony, and mouthy women all you want. We're not shutting up. If anything, banning Byum and Brown just gave their cause more publicity and support. Has anyone else NOT heard Brown say VAGINA in the Michigan State House? Maybe you should forward this to a few of your friends because obviously we need to hear it more. In fact, I think every conservative politician who wants to support another retro, dark-ages abortion bill should be required to say the word VAGINA aloud in front of his peers, first. As in, "Yes, ladies, I want to get up in your vagina and legislate the hell out of it like I'm the biggest, chaffingest tampon you've ever seen."
Oh I could go ON with that metaphor. But I'll spare us all. The point is, keep making up laws over our lady parts and we'll keep making you squirm by naming those lady parts. You think "vagina" is awkward? Wait until someone yells VULVA.
Do you think Reps. Byum and Brown should have been banned from speaking?
Image via State Representative Lisa Brown
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Wild Bill, it's clear that you're a Limbaugh listerner, that's why you have NO IDEA what Sandra Fluke's testimony was really about.
As to your other comment, ridiculous. Many states have at least a 24 hour waiting period. This does not include the time it takes for the mom to seek out the services of an abortion provider, and women already have to have a full exam before abortions. To not do so would potentially cause serious medical harm. So I stand by my initial statement. By the time a woman has gotten to the point that she seeks an abortion, she likely has thought about it at least for a few weeks. I'm not sure how having abortions performed every 95 seconds somehow implies that women do not take the decision lightly. Besides, between all the planned parenthood clinics, they perform around 402 abortions per year each. So 1.14 abortions per day. Not quite as shocking as one every 95 seconds. Everyone can data to prove their points. It's all in how you use it.
Jessica Johannsson: "Besides, between all the planned parenthood clinics, they perform around 402 abortions per year each. So 1.14 abortions per day." Incorrect and it's not debatable.
Sorry, Jessica, but this is simply a math equation based on figures provided by Planned Parenthood. Not sure where you got such a low figure, but my figures come straight from Planned Parenthood. Here are the figures from PP's Annual Report for 2009-2010. "Abortion Procedures" for 2009 -- 331,796; for 2010 -- 329,445. Here is the link to that Annual Report published on Planned Parenthood's website: http://issuu.com/actionfund/docs/ppfa_financials_2010_122711_web_vf?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage
That is birth control for the majority of the women who get their abortions at Planned Parenthood.
Jessica Johannsson: "Not quite as shocking as one every 95 seconds". One abortion every 95 seconds @ Planned Parenthood alone. I agree, it is shocking.
Pesky facts beat the following every time -- Jessica Johannsson: "Everyone can data to prove their points. It's all in how you use it." It helps to start with the correct, accurate data.
Jessica Johannsson: "It practices, yes, but no actual breaths." Right. The baby does not use its lungs to breathe until he/she is post-natal. The "breathing" process in the womb whereby the baby takes in oxygen is called fetal circulation.
You did not address this portion of your statement: "baby inside is not a living . . . person".
If so, let's see them. You're buying into the hype & hysteria of the "back-alley abortion" crowd.
If he would take his nose out of if,maybe she would not have to defend hers.