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Anti-abortion activists protest outside Planned Parenthood health center in Baton Rouge
Anti-abortion activists protest outside Planned Parenthood health center in Baton Rouge, decrying national organization’s role in providing abortionsMore than a hundred protesters, some traveling from Lafayette and Covington, lined Government Street in Baton Rouge on Saturday, braving the weather with picket signs, banners and prayer books to speak out against Planned Parenthood.
The protesters, who mostly stayed quiet, praying or singing hymns rather than marching and chanting, gathered outside the local Planned Parenthood health center as part of a national day of protest against the organization for its role in providing abortions and allegedly selling fetal tissues for profit.
The protest came amid a wave of criticism of Planned Parenthood after a series of videos released online by anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress purported to show Planned Parenthood employees discussing prices for the sale of fetal tissue.
Planned Parenthood officials have said the videos have been distorted through editing.
Read more: http://theadvocate.com/news/13247388-123/anti-abortion-activists-protest-outside-planned
