Judge refuses to toss Planned Parenthood suit over videos

[Archae]

Source: WBAY, ABC affiliate in Green Bay, WI

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood over videos that purport to show employees of the organization illegally selling parts of aborted fetuses.

U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick ruled Friday that Planned Parenthood’s racketeering and other claims against the Center for Medical Progress could move forward.

Planned Parenthood has denied any wrongdoing in connection with its fetal tissue practices and says the videos were deceptively edited. It accuses the center of engaging in extensive criminal misconduct in the process of producing the videos.

Read more: http://wbay.com/ap/judge-refuses-to-toss-planned-parenthood-suit-over-videos/

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To quote Nelson: "HA ha!"

[Stonepounder]

1. Great news! Let's bankrupt these fools and then send them off to jail! n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

2. Kick and Rec!!!

Bastards, trying to destroy a whole lot of women's lives...or kill us.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. If the RW can't lie they're finished!

[mpcamb]

4. Crappy writing... and I always wonder if this isn't on purpose.

paragraph 2:

"U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick ruled Friday that Planned Parenthood’s racketeering and other claims against the Center for Medical Progress could move forward. "

For clarity it should read:
U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick ruled Friday that Planned Parenthood’s claim of racketeering and other charges against the Center for Medical Progress could move forward.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

6. Crappy writing is being normalized along with racist and other bigoted comments.

Even major news site seem to be very short of proofreaders these days.

[mpcamb]

8. What burns me is that a quick read puts the notion of racketeering

right next to Planned Parenthood. If you're looking to vilify PP, you won't read the article; you've seen what you need to. It's beyond proof-reading. It's an attempt to blur the context and, as I said, it happens too often to be an accident.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

9. I don't know...

If the judge wanted to hurt PP, he'd have done better to rule against them. Not to say the massive RW propaganda machine doesn't use this technique, but in this case it looks to me more like just a failure to pay attention to the implications of lazy composition.

[mpcamb]

10. ABC TV affiliate... I don't know if I'm on board with that.

[Archae]

11. It's a Green Bay station. You already KNOW what thier most important stories will be...

[MADem]

5. Goooooooood! nt

[niyad]

7. excellent