Women Should Not Be the President’s Political Pawns

I will be honest.  I pondered whether I would watch the “State of the Union”. I knew I would cringe at the hateful rhetoric about immigrant communities and roll my eyes at claims that the current administration’s policies are making our country great in spite of the fact that they have pushed policies to deny health coverage for reproductive health care, roll back protections for transgender people, and block the availability of federal funds for family planning providers.  But feeling the need to be engaged in the policy process that impacts our daily lives, I turned on the television and readied myself.