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The blaze was set
around 3:30 a.m. local time and caused extensive damage to the
front of the structure in Pullman, the Pullman Fire Department
said in a news release. No one was injured in the fire.
Last month, thousands of protesters rallied outside Planned
Parenthood locations across the country calling for the federal
government to end funding for the health organization.
Demonstrators were mobilized to dozens of locations, including
Pullman, after an anti-abortion group released videos purporting
to show Planned Parenthood officials negotiating prices for
aborted fetal tissue.
Fire officials in Pullman, a city of about 30,000 people close
to Washington's border with Idaho, have not speculated on a
motive for the arson and said the investigation was ongoing.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Ryan Woo)
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