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Protesters stand against abortion, Planned Parenthood in Columbia

Posted by Sarah Ellis

sellis@thestate.com
Paul Sterne joins in prayer with demonstrators protesting at an anti-Planned Parenthood rally at the Columbia Health Center on Saturday.
Paul Sterne joins in prayer with demonstrators protesting at an anti-Planned Parenthood rally at the Columbia Health Center on Saturday. Sean Rayford online@thestate.com
COLUMBIA, SC

Protesters gathered across the nation Saturday at Planned Parenthood facilities to urge the federal defunding of the agency.

About 75 people participated in the demonstration near the Columbia Health Center off of Forest Drive.

More than 200 similar protests were planned across the country Saturday.

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