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Hundreds protest at Planned Parenthood site in D.C. (Photos)

Hundreds protest outside of Planned Parenthood at 1225 4th St. NE, in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (海角精品黑料/ Kathy Stewart)
Protesters pray at site of new Planned Parenthood in Washington, D.C. (海角精品黑料/ Kathy Stewart via Twitter) (海角精品黑料/ Kathy Stewart)
A person prays at site of a Planned Parenthood under construction in Northeast Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (海角精品黑料/ Kathy Stewart)
Arina Grossu, the director for of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council, speaks at a Planned Parenthood protest in D.C. on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. (海角精品黑料/ Kathy Stewart)
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WASHINGTON 鈥 Hundreds of people聽protested Saturday outside a Planned Parenthood under construction in D.C., one of several events staged in a national day of protest against the organization.

Protests were held in more than 300 cities, 47 states and five countries. In D.C., the protesters were at a Planned Parenthood site being built at 1225 4th St. Northeast. They are calling on Congress to investigate what Planned Parenthood does behind closed doors.

Fueling the outrage is the recent release of that showed Planned Parenthood officials talking about how they sometimes provide medical researchers with tissue from aborted fetuses.

鈥淭he investigative videos that came out show that babies and organs from aborted babies are being trafficked and harvested,鈥 said Arina Grossu, one of the speakers at the protest.

Planned Parenthood has maintained that the videos were highly edited and contends that what it does is legal. But Grossu, who is the director for the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council, said watching the unedited versions don鈥檛 change the context.

鈥淭here鈥檚 no way you can take out of context when a top doctor from Planned Parenthood says you can crush this part or crush that part,鈥 Grossu said. 鈥淵ou cannot take out of context when people are haggling over prices or when we see that they are harvesting a brain or a liver.

“You can never take that out of context and it鈥檚 not about tone.鈥

Grossu said they want Planned Parenthood defunded and for the money that would have gone to Planned Parenthood to be redirected to comprehensive women鈥檚 health clinics, 鈥渢hat actually care for women鈥檚 health.鈥

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