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TexasTowelie

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Wed Oct 30, 2013, 01:05 PM Oct 2013

Texas abortion ruling draws protest at Houston Planned Parenthood [View all]

Source: Houston Chronicle

As the morning rain stopped, about 35 anti-abortion protesters converged Wednesday at a south Houston Planned Parenthood.

Two Planned Parenthood volunteers stood at the parking entrance but no police were visible at the location in the 4600 block of the Gulf Freeway.

Speakers included state Rep. Steve Toth, R-The Woodlands, who said the Planned Parenthood building is "a shameful monument to a multimillion dollar (abortion) business."

The event was to protest U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel's Oct. 28 ruling that a provision to require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals is unconstitutional.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Texas-abortion-ruling-draws-protest-at-Houston-4939383.php?cmpid=hpbn

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