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?
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ParentaRights1: Exactly. A woman's body is her own personal property. What she decides to do with it is her business and her choice.
NOBODY has an abortion at 20 weeks all willy-nilly. The only time a doctor will induce an abortion is if the child has severe defects, or the woman's health is in danger. Get it right, people. Educate yourselves.
google Kermit Gosnell & his Charnel House, @TheIncident. And there are other doctors out there performing late term abortions that have nothing to do with the "mother's health" or "severe defects", so your information is incorrect.
There is a dearth of information on the true numbers, but thousands per year are performed. The CDC does not even track the number of abortions performed after 24 weeks (surprise!), like they do abortions performed earlier.
Here is a Dec. 2011 article that discusses the topic, but it's not in depth. Bottom line, the true numbers are not being reported, for a variety of reasons.
http://www.mnn.com/family/babies-pregnancy/stories/new-study-shines-light-on-who-gets-late-term-abortions
@Texasmamma777: If you're going to try to refudiate my claims, at least include a link that demonstrates yours. Like butterlfymkm said, abortions that are past 20 weeks are rare because they are risky and doctors won't perform abortions on normal pregnancies. Something like 1.5 percent of abortions are after 21 weeks. This statistic is from the Guttmacher Institute.
TheIncident: " If you're going to try to refudiate my claims, at least include a link that demonstrates yours."
I already did.
Nice to see you using Sarah Palin's word ("refudiate") that she added to the lexicon. Works well, doesn't it? New Oxford American Dictionary's 2010 "Word of the Year"
Everyone together now: Say "vagina"!
More on the Great Michigan Vagina Debate (a vagina protest -- really?) How classless can these people get? And involving children? And dogs? (And did they really have to drag Bill Maher's favorite "c-word" into this mess?) More proof that the Left defines women by their reproductive organs. Rep. Lisa Brown must be so proud. http://twitchy.com/2012/06/18/michigans-vaginas-gather-on-the-capitol-steps-to-celebrate-one-another/
Seriously, don't click on the pictures links if you don't want to see children and dogs being used by a bunch of "adults" to whose care they've been entrusted.
Unfortunately, there's more on the crass Michigan display.
http://twitchy.com/2012/06/18/sayvagina-hijacked/