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Abortion Rights Advocates Rally At State Capitol To Save Planned Parenthood Funding
Close to a thousand abortion rights advocates packed the State Capitol Wednesday to fight State lawmakers' attempts to defund Planned Parenthood.
The Rio Grande Valley’s Paula Saldana is with the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and spoke out against bills aimed at further restricting abortion in Texas.
“When women’s rights are under attack, what do we do? We fight back. And that is exactly what we are doing here today, we are standing up and fighting.”
The rally outside the state capitol included former state senator and 2014 gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis.
Read more: http://tpr.org/post/abortion-rights-advocates-rally-state-capitol-save-planned-parenhood-funding
