As you'll notice in the following paragraph, which I posted on the Democracy for America blog yesterday evening, the word vagina had to have some of its letters substituted by askerisks in order for it to be posted.
I do wish you all would stop talking about "allowing abortions." An abortion, whether spontaneous or induced, is a natural event. Not something that can be regulated by laws. The surgical extraction of fetal tissue, whether throught the va***nal opening or by cutting open the abdomen, is another matter.
I don't think it can be disputed that a surgical procedure should be regulated. But, except in cases of gross negligence or malfeasance, it should not be regulated by laws and the jusdicial system.
The blog software is obviously biologically challenged. For, in addition to vagina, it objects to the word "dick," regardless of whether it refers to the VP of the United States or happens to be part of the name, Dickson. Nor does it recognize that the word "bitch" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a female dog.
Of course, in the latter instance, the blog is in good company. Almost every major newpaper in the country excised yesterday's Doonesbury comic because a soldier whose leg had been removed reacted with the exclamation "Son of a bitch."
Why there is so much sensitivity about the word, is not quite clear. But, if I remember correctly it was our former First Lady, Barbara Bush, who established some sort of standard by refusing to use that word about her successor, saying instead that "it rhymes with witch."