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It’s more than annoyance. It’s outrage. And disbelief. The direction that this country is going continues to astound and dishearten me.

Women have a right to decide what is best for their bodies. No lawmakers have a right to do that on their behalf. People have a right to family planning, to make decisions for themselves and their families, and no one but the people within that family should be dictating the terms of that planning.

To cut funding to an organization that supports women’s health is outrageous, and quite frankly, a waste of time in the face of far more pressing issues like say, this economy and the unemployment rate.

Every person has the right to choose what is right for them. Today, I am sad for my daughter and her generation of women that are growing up in a country that politicizes breastfeeding and endorses a bill that “sends an unmistakable message to American women that they don’t matter.“