Life Legal: Planned Parenthood Filed Lawsuit to Punish Daleiden
[Life Legal: Planned Parenthood Filed Lawsuit to
Punish Daleiden by Alexandra Snyder, Life Legal Defense Foundation Napa, CA
Christian Newswire] "On May 5, Life Legal filed an "anti-SLAPP" motion in the
case of Planned Parenthood v. The Center for Medical Progress and David Daleiden,
et al. A "SLAPP," or Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, is a
lawsuit designed to chill speech by inflicting the expense and burden of
litigation on the defending party. California law prohibits these types of
lawsuits, as they violate the First Amendment.
In this case, Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit for
the sole purpose of silencing and punishing David for gathering information
about Planned Parenthood's sale of fetal body parts and then publishing his
findings. The Center for Medical Progress published a series of videos proving
Planned Parenthood's practice of collaborating with fetal specimen brokers to
secure payment and other valuable consideration, including disposal services,
for the bodies of aborted babies. Planned Parenthood wants to punish David and
his fellow investigators with crushing damages and attorney fee awards.
California's anti-SLAPP law specifically protects free
speech in connection with "an issue of public interest." Planned Parenthood is a
taxpayer-funded organization that holds itself out as a provider of free or
reduced cost services for women. The public has a right to know what kinds of
business practices Planned Parenthood is engaged in, especially when those
practices are illegal.
Life Legal's motion includes evidence of payment
structures used between Planned Parenthood and fetal specimen brokers to
compensate abortion clinics for supplying fetal body parts. Brokers such as
StemExpress solicit the participation of Planned Parenthood's clinics by
offering to make the transactions "financially profitable."
"There is no question that Planned Parenthood is
involved in the sale of aborted babies to fetal tissue brokers," says Life Legal
Defense Foundation's Executive Director Alexandra Snyder. "The only reason for
the lawsuit is to punish David Daleiden for exposing its practices and to deter
others from taking on the abortion giant."
Life Legal Defense Foundation was established in 1989,
and is a nonprofit organization composed of attorneys and other concerned
citizens committed to giving helpless and innocent human beings of any age, and
their advocates, a trained and committed voice in the courtrooms of our nation.
For more information about the Life Legal Defense Foundation, visit www.lldf.org."
Life Legal: Planned Parenthood Filed Lawsuit to Punish
Daleiden
Pr 8:36
You love to be lied to (Jer 5:31).
Life Legal: Planned Parenthood Filed Lawsuit to Punish Daleiden