'Vagina Monologues' Star to Back Rep. Lisa Brown

Eve Ensler, writer and original star of The Vagina Monologues, is scheduled to participate in a remarks on the floor this week referencing her own vagina.

 against new abortion legislation, went viral after she was banned from speaking on the floor Thursday regarding another bill. 

A Facebook Event page on Friday night indicated that Ensler will star in a "special performance" of the 1996 solo show-turned-international hit with several lawmakers from around the state who are women.

Rep. Barb Byrum (D-Onondaga), who mentioned vasectomies in a speech that same day and was also banned from speaking on the House floor as a result, is scheduled to attend with:

• Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor)
• Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing)
• Rep. Stacy Erwin Oakes (D-Saginaw)
• Rep. Dian Slavens (D-Canton Township)
• Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D- Detroit)
• Rep. Lisa Brown (D-West Bloomfield)
• Rep. Vicki Barnett (D-Farmington Hills)
• Rep. Joan Bauer (D-Lansing)

The event is scheduled on Monday, from 5-8 p.m., at the Capitol Building in Lansing.

In a CBS Detroit interview, representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union said the group is investigating whether or not the ban of Brown, as well as another representative who was banned, violated their constitutional rights.

The comment received national media attention Thursday and Friday, with coverage and commentaries on ABC, NPR, Rachel Maddow's blog, Politico, Jezebel, and New York Mag among others. Brown defended her herself for using a "medically correct term."