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Article: Abortion foes target Planned Parenthood
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- January 22, 2004
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NEW YORK -- Energized by successes in Texas and Michigan,
activists opposed to abortion are expanding aggressive campaigns
against a favorite target -- the Planned Parenthood Federation of
America.
Activists hope the tactics that delayed construction of a new
Planned Parenthood clinic in Austin, Texas, and helped shut down a
clinic in Houghton, Mich., can be replicated across the country.
And, as the nation marks the 31st anniversary Thursday of the Roe
v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, opponents of the procedure want
to persuade more state and local governments to cut off public
funding that subsidizes some of Planned Parenthood's services for low-
income clients.
"Our message is to ...