Dems: Planned Parenthood fight will ‘never see the light of day in Annapolis’

The national debate over Planned Parenthood funding spread to Maryland on Tuesday as Democratic lawmakers rallied in Baltimore and issued a letter urging Gov. Larry Hogan to commit to continued funding for the organization.

The Baltimore demonstration was one of more than 200 “National Pink Out Day” events to take place at Planned Parenthood centers across the country in an effort to push back against hard-line conservatives who insist that Congress should defund the organization or else shut down the federal government.

Planned Parenthood, which performs abortions and provides an array of women’s health services such as cancer screenings, family planning and testing for sexually transmitted diseases, is at the center of a controversy over fetal-tissue harvesting.

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