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liberalnarb

(4,532 posts)
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 05:05 PM Jan 2016

Organization Behind Planned Parenthood "Sting" Videos Sued.

Exactly six months after the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress released its first secretly recorded video accusing Planned Parenthood of trafficking in fetal tissue, the women’s health provider has filed suit in a San Francisco federal district court.

The suit alleges that the Center for Medical Progress and its contributors and advisers, who are individually named, broke federal and state laws, including the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO, as well as invasion of privacy and recording laws. It asks for extensive monetary damages, saying Planned Parenthood providers have faced death threats, been forced to move or go into hiding and been picketed at their homes.

“We are filing this lawsuit to hold accountable the people behind this reckless smear campaign,” said Kathy Kneer, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, on a call with reporters.


The group is also facing two other lawsuits from the National Abortion Federation and StemExpress for releasing tapes of NAF's Conference Of Abortion Providers.

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