A federal judge in California issued a temporary restraining order Friday against the group that has released several undercover videos of Planned Parenthood leaders after it attempted to release secretly-recorded footage of a different abortion group.
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“The National Abortion Federation is a criminal organization that has spent years conspiring with Planned Parenthood on how to violate federal laws on partial-birth abortion and fetal tissue sales”.
Orrick said CMP is not allowed to release any videos which reveal the names and address of any NAF members or the dates or locations of any future meetings.
Planned Parenthood receives roughly $1.4 million tax payer dollars every day, according to their 2013-2014 annual report. “The painful reality of the industry requires transparency and accountability”.
Orrick said the NAF would likely prevail on the merits of its lawsuit, and said it could face “harassment, intimidation, violence, invasion of privacy, and injury to reputation” absent a halt.
CMP is the organization behind the series of four videos released that are exposing the alleged harvesting and sale of body parts from aborted babies by Planned Parenthood which then sells them to Stem Express allegedly for medical research.
“No matter what happens in other states or at the federal level, Governor Brown is committed to Oregon providing comprehensive health services to all women, and Planned Parenthood has been a long-standing and effective partner in that effort”, the spokesperson said.
Ginde’s affiliate of Planned Parenthood performs over 10,000 abortions a year and has a contract with the Colorado State University to supply fetal body parts.
Fitzenhagen, R-Fort Myers, who publicly has not been a regular front line supporter of Planned Parenthood, said she supported “full investigations into this activity”.
The center has already released a number of secret videos which have riled anti-abortion activists.
In the midst of the troubling videos of slaughtered babies came another troubling revelation that must be changed: President Obama’s press secretary indicated that the White House is getting talking points on the Planned Parenthood scandal from Planned Parenthood itself – and the administration has apparently not even watched the videos.
The Center for Medical Progress released other videos, most recently on July 30.
The videos spurred Senate lawmakers, including Iowa’s Joni Ernst, to draft a bill to defund Planned Parenthood.
This is twisted justice, but similar to what the White House has shown itself to be doing.
Indeed, for women who choose to donate the tissue – their consent is required, and Planned Parenthood officials say that half say yes – that move at least provides the potential comfort of some good resulting from a painful choice.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said, “Over the past week, my office has conducted a thorough review and found that Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts’ health care centers are fully compliant with state and federal laws regarding the disposition of fetal tissue”.
