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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – The mayor says the YMCA won’t be taking city students on any more field trips to Planned Parenthood.

About 40 students in a program run by the city schools and the YMCA were touring social service agencies around the city. But when they arrived at Planned Parenthood on Wednesday, they were confronted by anti-abortion protesters outside.

The YMCA said the seventh and eighth graders were learning about programs and services in preparation for summer, when they won’t have support at school or home. Students in the program are considered at risk for dropping out, abusing drugs or becoming involved in criminal behavior because of troubled backgrounds.

YMCA officials said they didn’t discuss abortion with the students, and neither did anyone at Planned Parenthood workers.

But Mayor Frank Guinta said it was inappropriate to include Planned Parenthood on the field trip – and it won’t happen again. Guinta is head of the city school board.

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