RALEIGH, N.C. – Pro-abortion activists rallied outside the North Carolina capitol today in hopes of stopping legislation that could ban the sale of aborted baby parts and defund Planned Parenthood.

Dozens of abortion advocates donned pink shirts and wacky outfits to rally against legislation approved Monday to defund Planned Parenthood and halt the sale of fetal tissues in North Carolina. The event is part of a national Pink Out Day designed to promote Planned Parenthood in the wake of gruesome videos showing how the group profits from the sale of aborted baby parts, The News & Observer reports.

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“This is the bill we have in reference to Planned Parenthood selling body parts,” Rep. Sarah Stevens said. “That’s the impetus for this bill.”

House Bill 297 requires all fetal remains to be buried or cremated after an abortion, and only allows for donated remains for research when a mother gives informed consent after a miscarriage. Specifically, the bill states “No person shall sell the remains of an unborn child resulting from an abortion or a miscarriage or any aborted or miscarried material,” Wake Weekly reports.

“Sell” is defined in the legislation as “the transfer from one person to another in exchange for any consideration whatsoever.”

In addition, HB 297 states “use of state funds for initiatives and projects authorized under this section shall not include the allocation of funds to renew or extend existing contracts or enter into new contracts for the provision of family planning services, pregnancy prevention activities, or adolescent parenting programs with any provider that performs abortions.”

In other words, the bill strips North Carolina’s Planned Parenthood affiliate of about $150,000 in state funding.

“There are lots of organizations out there that work on teen pregnancy but don’t perform abortions, and the state can choose from them,” Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the NC Values Coalition, told Wake Weekly.

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The Planned Parenthood legislation replaced a noncontroversial House bill focused on child support payments that was passed unanimously by the House this spring. The state Senate approved the new bill last week with only three Democrats voting no. The House sent the measure on to Gov. Pat McCrory with a vote of 79-29, the News & Observer reports.

“The very least we can do is provide some level of dignity to babies who lose their lives in an abortion,” Sen. Chad Barefoot, the bill’s sponsor, told Wake Weekly. “We simply cannot allow abortion providers in North Carolina to profit from the death of unborn children.”

Planned Parenthood supporters at the capitol today bemoaned the bill as an attack on sex education programs in public schools, which are mostly conducted by Planned Parenthood.

“We always see some legislative shenanigans as the session comes to a close and this year is no different,” Emily Callen, senior director for Planned Parenthood, told ABC 11.

Callen said Planned Parenthood has received funding from the state for sex education programs in high schools for more than a decade, and alleges the lost funding will significantly impact student health.

“Folks need medically accurate and age appropriate information in order to make good choices and stay healthy,” she said.

HB 297 will take effect Oct. 1 if approved by McCrory. Callen said Planned Parenthood has already solicited donations from supporters to continue to provide services in the state if it becomes law.