Anti-abortion Planned Parenthood protesters to flood the streets today

Anti-abortion Planned Parenthood protesters to flood the streets today

The protests will happen to 47 states and 300 cities as an anti-abortion group puts out another controversial undercover video.

A broad coalition of protests who are opposed to abortion will have a nationwide protest today, and there are claims that it will span 47 states and 300 cities.

Protesters intend to gather outside of Planned Parenthood clinics — about 320 in all — around the nation, calling for federal funding for the organization to be slashed, according to a USA Today report.

They hope to put pressure on the organization and get essential funding shut off as videos that showed Planned Parenthood staffers talking about the sale of fetal tissue emerged thanks to right-wing websites.

Protesters are targeting local Planned Parenthood clinics instead of petitioning state legislatures or Congress because they think it will be more effective in local communities “when they take ownership over their own communities,” said Mark Harrington, who is the national director of anti-abortion organization Created Equal, according to the report.

There will be speakers, rallies, and mass prayers at the protests. Organizers will also give protesters signs that say things like “Planned Parenthood sells baby parts,” and they will take place over a two-hour period in the morning.

The videos, which were shot undercover, have made waves on Capitol Hill, with some members of Congress calling on an investigation into Planned Parenthood. The videos were released by the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group. An attempt was made earlier this month through a procedural vote in the Senate to cut off federal funding, but that effort failed.

Planned Parenthood has countered by saying that nothing wrong was said in the videos, which they say were heavily edited. It is in fact legal for companies to pay for the costs of donating fetal tissue, although the videos seem to show the officials trying to make a significant profit.

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