Anti-abortion groups have been taking part in nationwide protests outside Planned Parenthood clinics today, prompting women's rights advocates to hold counter-protests supporting the embattled nonprofit. In New York, some anti-abortion protestors started gathering outside the Margaret Sanger Clinic in Greenwich Village early this morning, but they were easily trumped by Planned Parenthood supporters.

Photographer Gretchen Robinette was on hand this morning and got video of the folks protesting Planned Parenthood...

...As compared with folks protesting the protestors:

Meanwhile, thousands of New Yorkers gathered in Washington Square Park for a rally in support of the women's health organization, which the GOP has threatened to defund as part of their Affordable Care Act repeal:

#IStandWithPP protests across the country are a reminder that the majority of Americans support Planned Parenthood: https://t.co/qsEZVoVIt8 pic.twitter.com/UWYnDY3E3L — Alexandra Kotowski (@kotowsa) February 11, 2017



City Comptroller Scott Stringer attended the rally, speaking out in support of Planned Parenthood and the importance of women's reproductive health. "The reason we teach our children, and the reason I teach my two little boys to respect little girls, is because I want them to be young men who respect young women," he said.

I #StandWithPP because I want my sons to grow up as men who respect women's choices. CC: @plannedparenthood A video posted by Scott Stringer (@scottmstringer) on Feb 11, 2017 at 10:19am PST

Planned Parenthood estimates as many as 5000 people showed up at the Washington Square Park rally.

Today 5,000 stormed Wash Square Park to say they will not stand by while Planned Parenthood & those we serve are attacked. #IStandWithPP pic.twitter.com/KXQTziXGTi — PPNYC Action Fund (@PPNYCAction) February 11, 2017

Stay tuned for a more thorough rundown of today's Planned Parenthood events tomorrow.