Maybe I have the wrong idea about what goes on in the state legislature, but if this is the worst thing you can say on the House floor, I think we may need to re-sort our priorities.

Seriously? vagina. Vagina. Vagina. Since when did that become a bad or distasteful word? Is arm okay to say? Or nose? I bet even rectum would be ok. Body parts, people. Silly old men.

The GOP want to have everything their way

This is very silly.....just get some freaking work done already!

Im sure there are more important issues right now then someone saying vagina!

Using the medically correct term for a part of female anatomy "violates decorum"??? WTF!?!?! I apologize for my gender, far too many of whom are not evolved enough to behave maturely and rationally. Maybe some of them have used the slang terms for vagina for so long (mostly behind closed doors, of course) that hearing the proper term caught them of guard. That, or they are so used to dominating the conversation on issues pertaining to women (over 80% of the time, rarely allowing women to speak on issues that actually pertain to them) that hearing a woman speak shocked and/or frightened them. UGH!!!

Nevermind the stinking vagina, how about the huge hole in the deficit.

Penis! Vagina! Anus, sphincter, and rectum! For Christ's sake this is the legislature not an anatomy class from middle school. Breasts! If grown adults cannot be mature enough to use proper medical terminology freely, the damn sure aren't mature enough to make and pass legislation for the rest of us. Scrotum!

...see what we're having here see (in my humphree bogart voice) is a word "vagina", that's leaving a distasteful palate in the mouths of ....'those' who choose not to partake in the acquaintance OF a VAGINA! I love vagina, I came out of one and I can't wait to.... you get my drift :-). I bet if she would have said "penis" they all would have jumped for joy! "Hercules, Hercules, Hercules!" LMVO

Refering to body parts by their correct names is not a problem. Would there have been such an uproar if she said arm, leg or shin I don't think so. If the republican majority thinks that vigina is bad word thay are once again showing how out of touch they. It is 2012 open discusion is a good thing.

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Dang we smarter than them seems like it from comments! :-))

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Message to Steve morgan: Republicans are not nazis, and if you would study history you would know this. We do not want abortion outlawed, we just don't want the taxpayer (me) to pay for it when you knock up your little sister. You did the deed, you pay for the repercussions. It is the same as the morning-after pill; if your mom wants to pick up some stud in a bar, I don't want to pay for her stupidity. Pay for it yourself.

Furthermore, if vagina violates house decorum (whatever that is), than how were sodomy and other crime against nature laws passed many years ago? Did the legislature seriously discuss it in the manner of "it shall be unlawful for a man to insert object A into another man's object B" ? Really?

Hi folks, a quick update on how far-reaching this story has become. Eve Ensler, creator of "The Vagina Monologues" is coming to Lansing Monday to give a special performance of the show with local legislators. Here's a little more info if you're interested: http://patch.com/A-vndm

It is ironic that the Grand Old Penises are threatened by a vagina

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First, I agree that not be able to speak bc of using Vagina is absurd. This along with "bad" word are just words. We as humans have a choice to let words trigger an emotional response. Not beig able to use ANY word stifles our freedom of speech. If people feel the need to curse then so be it. Everyone uses those words...again there just words and YOU let them trigger the emotional responce. So grow up and get over it.