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Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Organizers of Protest PP plan to protest legalized abortion at close to 300 clinics and facilities around the United States from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. But the group maintains it has done nothing illegal in donating fetal tissue to science after abortions at the request of the patient.

The Susan B. Anthony List said in a statement on Wednesday urging Kasich to watch the series of undercover videos targeting Planned Parenthood for its fetal tissue donation program.

Cruz also characterized Planned Parenthood as a “business of killing unborn children on an industrial scale” and listed abortions as the “lifeblood” of the organization.

Jindal’s decision came in response to the videos, which have been released over a period of weeks as part of a national push to strip Planned Parenthood of all federal funding.

“Pennsylvania has cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing – just like officials in every other state where these investigations have concluded”, she said. But a group of Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and New York Congressman Jerry Nadler, denounced the Center for Medical Progress, with Nadler called the videos “nothing more than a witch hunt” against Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood says it does not profit off these donations, but receives reimbursements for the costs of transporting and preserving the specimens, which is legal.

Carpentier says the debate about funding Planned Parenthood ignores the fact that some 72,000 people are helped each year at Michigan’s 21 Planned Parenthood centers, receiving services like prenatal care, birth control, cancer screenings and health education – as well as abortions. However, LaBorde said the contract was legally terminated using a provision agreed to by both state officials and Planned Parenthood that said either party could leave the contract with 30-day notice.

More information about the protests can be found here.

The group will protest the Planned Parenthood center on Tampa Avenue, about two blocks south of Tinker Field, between 10 a.m. and noon, Herzog said. “It is up to each of us individually to take ownership over our own neighborhoods to stop Planned Parenthood and end abortion altogether”.

I would suggest the congressman look to an area in his own district – Scott County – to see what happened in rural, underserved communities when residents lose a valuable health care provider such as Planned Parenthood.