Thousands nationwide protest Planned Parenthood

Thousands of pro-life activists protested outside about 320 Planned Parenthood clinics across the nation Saturday, The Washington Post reports.

The protesters want to defund the women's health care clinics, which have come under fire in recent weeks over their use of fetal tissue, which a conservative activist group claims they illegally sell. The Center for Medical Progress has released eight videos recorded in secret that show Planned Parenthood officials discussing fetal tissue protocol. Planned Parenthood maintains the videos are heavily edited.

In light of the footage, several Republican governors have attempted to cut off Medicaid funding to the clinics in their state.

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"The American public needs to be awakened to the atrocity of what is happening to innocent unborn children," Monica Miller, director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, told USA Today before the protests.