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Article: Tri-state week in review: Planned Parenthood facility's opening draws picketers
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2008
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Opponents picketed outside as Dubuque's Planned Parenthood
facility opened for business Thursday.
The center opened at 10 a.m. at 1766 Central Ave.
Four picketers held opposition signs Thursday morning.
"They have been very respectful, and that is what we would
expect," said Joe Lock, president and chief executive officer of
Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa. Lock welcomed the attention
prompted by the protests.
Ellen Markham, recently retired as the local Right to Life
executive director, picketed as part of a newly formed coalition.
"We are a coalition to expose the truth about Planned Parenthood,"
Markham said.
"I'm retired, but pro-life is in my blood. You can't let people
kill ...