Planned Parenthood Supporters Rally In Lower Manhattan

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After the House of Representatives voted to cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood, elected officials, celebrities and thousands of New Yorkers rallied Saturday in support of the pro-choice health provider in Lower Manhattan's Foley Square.

Many women's rights activists and federal, state and local lawmakers protested the cuts, which were included in an amendment to a spending bill introduced by pro-life Indiana Congressman Mike Pence.

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"They will never wear us down, and we will never stop fighting to protect a woman's right to choose and her access to full reproductive freedoms," said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

"We are saying that women matter, our health care matters, our choices matter, and all of these steps that they're taking, they don't create one single job. They don't grow our economy," said Manhattan-Queens Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. "They are just rolling back the rights of women."


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