500 rally in St. Paul to defund Planned Parenthood. More than 5,000 counter-protesters greet them

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Forced-birthers across the nation participated in more than 200 protests against Planned Parenthood Saturday organized by the #ProtestPP Coalition. Their purpose: To show support for the latest effort in Congress to defund the organization.

In several cases, counter-protesters showed up. No more so than in St. Paul, Minnesota. There, the defunding backers numbered about 500 at their peak, according to police. But at least 10 times as many counter-protesters in support of Planned Parenthood showed up. The two protests were occasionally loud but peaceful. 

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Here’s Miguel Otárola at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:

The dueling protests were one of several planned around the Twin Cities Saturday on issues ranging from abortion to immigration to race relations. Nationwide, protests have been larger and more frequent since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, as both his opponents and supporters find their motivations and momentum growing. [...]

Of the 9,861 abortions recorded by the Minnesota Health Department in 2015, more than half — 5,048 — were performed at a Planned Parenthood clinic. But only one of the 18 Minnesota clinics provides abortion services.

The clinics serve about 24,000 Medicaid patients a year, according to Planned Parenthood. Low-income patients make up 65 percent of the patients.

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1. We're stronger than them. We outnumber them. We're better than them. Resist!

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2. And we need to keep reminding people that we are in the majority.

1. A New York Times/CBS News Poll taken in the middle of the 2015 funding fight found that most Americans think Planned Parenthood should continue to receive government funding. The nationwide survey found that congressional Republicans have more to lose in yet another budget fight; more Americans would blame Republicans than other political actors if the government were to shut down over the funding of Planned Parenthood.

2. In a Pew Research Center Poll, a majority of Americans surveyed say that any budget deal must maintain funding for Planned Parenthood. This Pew poll found that if lawmakers fail to agree on a budget and the government does shut down, more say the Republicans are to blame than any other participant.

3. A Quinnipiac University National poll found that 69 percent of American voters — including 56 percent of Republican voters — oppose shutting down the federal government over funding Planned Parenthood. The majority of voters oppose blocking patients using Medicaid from accessing Planned Parenthood, and a strong 60 percent percent of women oppose blocking access to care at Planned Parenthood.

4. A poll from NBC News/Wall Street Journal found 6 in 10 Americans say they're opposed to completely eliminating Planned Parenthood's federal funding — including more than 40 percent who are "strongly" opposed. The poll demonstrates that American attitudes about Planned Parenthood were virtually unchanged after extremists released a series of deceptively edited videos.

5..... https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/fact-public-overwhelmingly-supports-planned-parenthood