Lisa Brown was one two Democratic state legislators silenced by the Republican Majority Floor Leader Jim Stamas as punishment for their previous opposition to legislation restricting reproductive freedom. The other state legislator was Barb Byrum. Brown's use of following language is what the priggish Stamas found offensive: "I'm flattered you're all so interested in my vagina. But no means no."

Source: A Controversy is Born After 2 Michigan Lawmakers' Comments in Abortion Debate Kathleen Gray. The Detroit Free Press. June 15, 2012.

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