AUSTIN (March 7, 2013)--Hundreds of activists rallied Thursday outside of the Texas Capitol for Planned Parenthood, one of the organizations most-vilified by conservative lawmakers inside the building.

Thursday was Planned Parenthood's annual lobbying day and after the demonstration, the crowd fanned out to meet individually with legislators.

The Republican-controlled Legislature targeted Planned Parenthood in 2011, when it outlawed state funds going to organizations linked to abortion providers.

The Senate Education Committee is mulling a bill barring Planned Parenthood from teaching sex education in public schools, even though that only happens in rare cases around the state.

Native Texan and actress Stephanie March of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" fame told demonstrators, "I'm tired of Texas being crazy!"

That drew sustained applause and hollering.