April 13. 16-year-old Deja Foxx, a young woman from Tucson called out Arizona Republican senator Jeff Flake during a town hall on Thursday, over his support for a law that will give states the right to deny Title X funds to family-planning centers that also provide abortions, like Planned Parenthood.
She said: “Jeff Flake, my name is Deja Foxx and I’m a 16-year-old from Tucson. I just want to state some facts. So, I’m a young woman, and you’re a middle-aged man. I’m a person of color, and you’re white. I come from a background of poverty, and I didn’t always have parents to guide me through life. You come from privilege… So, I’m wondering, as a Planned Parenthood patient and someone who relies on Title X, who you are clearly not, why it’s your right to take away my right to choose Planned Parenthood and to choose no-co-pay birth control, to access that,”
The audience erupted in applause.