Supreme Court slaps down maker of Planned Parenthood videos Newsweek

A victory --for once.




Supreme Court slaps down maker of Planned Parenthood videos
Newsweek

06 Dec 2015 at 09:26 ET



David Daleiden speaks to CNN (screen grab)

Supreme Court Weighing In on Planned Parenthood Videos




December 5, 2015

Jack Martinez

Posted with permission from Newsweek


The Supreme Court just dealt a blow to the Center for Medical Progress, a California-based anti-abortion group that released a series of videos in which Planned Parenthood employees appear to discuss the sale of fetal tissue.

David Daleiden, the pro-life auteur behind the videos, asked Justice Anthony Kennedy to block an order from a district judge to hand over the names of his organization’s supporters and donors. Kennedy denied the request, and Daleiden will have to provide the information to a California district court.

The National Abortion Federation has sued the Center for Medical Progress on the grounds that Daleiden’s allies infiltrated its meetings by lying about their identities; in the videos, CMP members posed as Planned Parenthood employees. Although the content of the videos shocked and offended many politicians, prompting a national outcry, the countercharge that the whole thing was a sting operation to discredit Planned Parenthood has gained momentum among pro-abortion activists and politicians.

“It’s time to end this shell game.... The key issue here is the disclosure of the identities of CMP's supporters,” said California District Judge William Orrick, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. ............................