Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates across the country — perhaps as many as 50-75,000 people in all — protested at Planned Parenthood abortion clinics across the country today. They protested to raise national attention to the massive scandal at Planned Parenthood, where its staff and officials have been caught selling aborted babies and their body parts.
After eight shocking videos that have caught top Planned Parenthood abortion practitioners arranging to sell aborted babies — and even dissecting one live baby — millions of pro-life people are up in arms.
The protests took place in over 350 cities in 47 states and 5 countries — with hundreds of people in many cities and over 6,000 in the Twin Cities in Minnesota alone.
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Organizers of the protests say they are the outgrowth of recently released Planned Parenthood expose videos showing the abortion company trafficking in aborted baby body parts and showing a complete disregard for women and unborn children.
Eric Scheidler of Pro-Life Action League told LifeNews: “These videos are exposing the American people to the truth about Planned Parenthood and the truth about abortion. How can you deny the humanity of a tiny person whose body parts are being harvested for medical use? Worse yet, how can you make jokes about it, like the Planned Parenthood doctors do in these videos? It’s time to cease all taxpayer funding of this corrupt organization.”
Below are some of the pictures of pro-life people in cities across the United States:
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In Washington
Protesting in Falls Church, Virginia
In Washington, D.C.
In Manhattan
In Columbus, Ohio
In Lansing, Michigan
In Central Oklahoma
Go #Knoxville4Life! MT @Noogawood: There seems to be about 300 people in Knoxville to #ProtestPP. pic.twitter.com/Cy3p81hZea
— Holly Podkowa (@ABlessedTexan) August 22, 2015
4,500+ at #ProtestPP in St. Paul, MN. @ProLifeAction @PLAM_org @PPact #PPSellsBabyParts pic.twitter.com/Hmr0bWkdJk
— Brian Gibson (@BrianGibson77) August 22, 2015
Amazing! Over 1K come out to #ProtestPP in Aurora, IL! #PlannedParenthhood pic.twitter.com/W3UDA79w2k
— Mrs. Kopp (@koppmom) August 22, 2015
“Over 330 cities across America are protesting Planned Parenthood just like we are today.” #ProtestPP #Boston pic.twitter.com/TTr9QFhF2o
— Lena Wakim ن (@leanbeanwakim) August 22, 2015
And downtown at our sold out event with Sen. @marcorubio! #prolife pic.twitter.com/wFxacLNmVD
— Ohio Right to Life (@ohiolife) August 22, 2015
Crowd protesting #ppsellsbabyparts swells to 525 (and yes, I counted the pregnant woman as two) pic.twitter.com/9YD4vU7R5k
— Jack Yoest (@JackYoest) August 22, 2015
#PlannedParenthood protest pic.twitter.com/ECv2T3dN8R
— Jacobus Hunt (@JacobusHunt) August 22, 2015
Awesome group of people here in Delaware, OH. So many honks of support for our #prolife cause! #ProtestPP #DefundPP pic.twitter.com/aPZ5KgBMfA
— Bethany Goodman (@beth1027) August 22, 2015
About 200 pro-lifers at the Dayton Planned Parenthood for the National Day of Protest. #ProtestPP #PPSellsBabyParts pic.twitter.com/rj8krj5psT
— Bryan Kemper (@BryanKemper) August 22, 2015
Great crowd here today! @nrlc @AdoptGeorgia @LifeNewsHQ @AllianceDefends #ProtestPP #prolife pic.twitter.com/0Qmj7y50Lw
— GA Life Alliance (@GaLifeAlliance) August 22, 2015
Hundreds at Ft. Wayne PP protest. Press conference going on now. #protestpp @IchooselifeFW @irtl @createdequalorg pic.twitter.com/Xgxasw0K95
— Cathie Humbarger (@cathie4life) August 22, 2015
From today’s #ProtestPP here in Birmingham – 5000 abortions a year happen here. Pray for a culture of life! pic.twitter.com/5IsSyJaBVF
— ColletteBP (@BhamCatholics) August 22, 2015
.@AllianceDefends @lancebauslaugh representin’ #ProtestPP in Plano, TX. #DefundPP pic.twitter.com/RN5cCFBli6
— Greg Scott (@ADFmedia) August 22, 2015
@LifeNewsHQ Hundreds of every walk of life standing for life outside #Tampa PP pic.twitter.com/gYR3mFSFLS
— Cal Leferink (@caleferink) August 22, 2015
@LifeNewsHQ Virginia Beach had several hundred. #anotherboy pic.twitter.com/YZnqidB4nS
— Dr. Laurel Shaler (@DrLaurelShaler) August 22, 2015
@LifeNewsHQ Tears and prayers in Lafayette IN because: human dignity #ProtestPP pic.twitter.com/69I8WVaYti
— Joce Boblink (@AmericanEowyn) August 22, 2015
PP protest in Evansville. #dignityofthehumanperson pic.twitter.com/hWKWWAYXg4
— RTL Owensboro (@rtlowensboro) August 22, 2015