Activists’ indictment shows disapproval of videos

Daleiden was also charged with a misdemeanor for, according to Schaffer, trying to arrange the purchase of organs.

The pro-life group Operation Rescue informed LifeNews.com that a prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorney’s office serves on the Board of Directors for Planned Parenthood. The felony charge is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. “As I stated at the outset of this investigation, we must go where the evidence leads us”. Not only do grand juries rarely turn the tables on those making the criminal accusations, but Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick urged Anderson to investigate based on footage that accused a Houston clinic of illegally selling fetal tissue for profit. “I respect their decision on this hard case”, the Chronicle reported. “Planned Parenthood mandates the use of a specific consent form for the disposal of products of conception which will be used”.

She said, “In the public eye, this case will continue to remain an issue, not because of these particular odd charges, but because the underlying issue is abortion rights”. Their interactions with Planned Parenthood officials, they claimed, were proof that the organization illegally sells fetal tissue for profit, rather than simply giving it away while receiving a cost reimbursement, as required by federal law.

CMP’s undercover videos recorded leading Planned Parenthood officials laughing and joking about and negotiating for the delivery of intact baby organs, including livers, hearts, lungs, kidneys, brains, and trachea. The journalist interrupted and underlined that “the prosecutor says, we presented all the evidence to the grand jury; and this is what they came up with”. At the same time, the panel cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing related to the organization’s hidden camera footage, which uncovered the possible sale of the organs and tissue of aborted babies. In October, the group said that it would stop accepting such reimbursements.

Three years after David Daleiden launched his plot against Planned Parenthood, and six months after the release of his undercover videos triggered a national political tempest, the first criminal indictments were finally handed down Monday in connection with the sting. These services include contraception, abortions, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, breast exams and counseling.

In a statement, Bowman said, “Both Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and UW-Madison publicly denied they had any arrangement to supply baby parts from women undergoing abortion to researchers conducting gruesome experiments, but the documents we obtained prove they were not telling the truth”. The campaign against the organization, including the doctored videos, utilizes religious prejudice against abortion as a cover for undermining women’s health services provided by the health group.

On Jan. 14, Planned Parenthood filed a federal court lawsuit in San Francisco alleging that extensive criminal misconduct occurred in the process of producing the videos. I am profoundly disappointed in this miscarriage of justice but it will not deter our efforts in Congress to hold Planned Parenthood accountable.

Texas, for example, drew nationwide attention in 2013 with a law that requires abortion clinics to meet standards that would result in the closing of all but 10 abortion facilities in the second most populated state in the country.

Congressional Republicans have long sought to defund the group.

In his acceptance speech, Daleiden expressed optimism that the videos would end up undermining Planned Parenthood. “The grand jury never considered an indictment against Planned Parenthood and its employees”. “Whether or not he is guilty, who is the guiltier party here, and this is just PR and politics”, she says.