FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Roughly 200 people attended dueling protests outside a Planned Parenthood in Fort Wayne.
The Indiana protest held Saturday was among hundreds nationwide coordinated by abortion opponents who want Planned Parenthood to be denied federal funding.
WANE-TV reports that 100 people attended the Saturday rally to call for defunding the health centers, while about the same number of people attended a counter-protest across the street.
Lisbeth Nelson is an anti-abortion activist. She calls the protests a way to take tax dollars away from what she deems “the nation’s largest abortion chain.”
Meanwhile, counter-protesters included a woman who held a sign reading, “This Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Even Provide Abortions.” According to the website, the Fort Wayne location doesn’t provide abortion services but they do provide referrals.
There’s also a dueling rally taking place in Mishawaka Saturday.