"Silenced lawmaker to read monologue
LANSING - A Michigan lawmaker barred from speaking in the state House after she used the word “vagina’’ during a debate on an antiabortion bill will participate in a performance of the Tony Award-winning play “The Vagina Monologues’’ on the state Capitol steps. Michigan Democratic Party fund-raiser Laura Hornshaw said Saturday that Monday evening’s performance was planned in response to Representative Lisa Brown not being allowed to speak on the House floor Thursday. Republicans who control the chamber said the West Bloomfield Democrat violated decorum Wednesday while speaking against a bill requiring doctors to ensure women aren’t coerced into ending their pregnancies. Brown told Republicans she was flattered they were “all so concerned about my vagina. But no means no.’’
