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Big crowd turns out for protest performance of Vagina Monologues in Michigan

Global Politics

A Michigan lawmaker ignited a firestorm when she told the Speaker of the House that “no means no” when discussing a bill that would have impacted women’s reproductive rights. She lost her right to speak on the floor, but not everywhere. In protest of her treatment, women gathered last week to perform The Vagina Monologues.

Reading of Vagina Monologues planned after Michigan state rep. silenced for uttering ‘V-word’

Global Politics
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