DURHAM-- “It’s important that we are here serving one in five women every single year,” says

Executive Director of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Melissa Redd.

Nearly 200 supporters of Planned Parenthood gathered for a fundraising event at the Museum Hotel in downtown Durham.

Our cameras were not allowed inside the private event, which featured former Texas Senator Wendy Davis as guest speaker.

Davis rose to the national spotlight after a 13 hour filibuster in the Texas state Senate to maintain women’s access to safe and legal abortions.

Supporters Tuesday echoed her charge.

"There are a lot of people who oppose access to women's health care and quite frankly oppose women being able to make very personal pregnancy decisions without interference. And I do find that troubling quite frankly, I'm not alone,” says Redd.

The organization receives more than $500-million dollars annually in taxpayer funding, none of which can legally be spent on abortion services.

But funding could be in jeopardy after undercover videos released by anti-abortion group “The Center For Medical Progress” potentially show officials speaking about selling fetal body parts and profiting from it.

“I am a pro life member of Congress and I look to do anything to protect the unborn,” says North Carolina 3rd District Congressman Walter Jones.

And following those videos there’s a great push from lawmakers, like North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones, to de-fund the non-profit.

"In the bible it's stated many times when God said he gives the woman a seed to have a baby and then we want to kill the baby or we want to cut up the body parts. I think that is why American is headed for a collapse,” says Rep. Jones.

For now, Planned Parenthood denies any wrongdoing and is planning legal action against the video campaign.

The non-profit says the lack of funding would prevent services for $2.7 million women.

Earlier this month Republicans fell seven votes short of the 60 needed to begin the process of ending federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

However, lawmakers say that the issue is expected to be back on the table after Labor Day.