Anti-abortion rally outside Boehner’s Ohio office

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Krista Lewis, left, and Cathy Lewis from Clear Mountain Church in Williamsburg, Ohio protest the federal funding of Planned Parenthood Monday, March 7, 2011 in front of John Boehner's district office in West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio. Seven members of the D.C.-based Operation Rescue/Insurrecta Nex rallied in front of Boehner's office to ask the Speaker of the House to defund Planned Parenthood in the upcoming continuing resolution.

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WEST CHESTER, Ohio

A handful of anti-abortion activists rallied outside the Ohio office of House Speaker John Boehner to demand he continue fighting to keep funds for Planned Parenthood out of a spending bill now in the Senate.

The House-passed bill would trim more than $300 million for the budget year ending in September from the organization that provides abortion services. It likely faces strong resistance in the Democratic-led Senate.

The Middletown Journal reports that among those outside Boehner’s West Chester office on Monday was David Lewis of Cincinnati, who was taken into custody with others last month outside Boehner’s Washington office. He tells the newspaper, “The only way to hold his feet to the fire ... is to hold demonstrations like this one.”

Boehner spokeswoman Brittany Bramell says the congressman has made it clear he opposes spending taxpayer dollars to fund organizations such as Planned Parenthood.