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Anti-abortion activists charged over undercover Planned Parenthood videos
Related LBN thread: Felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood
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Source: Associated Press
Anti-abortion activists charged over undercover Planned Parenthood videos
Associated Press
Wednesday 29 March 2017 04.30 BST
California prosecutors have charged two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood with 15 felonies, saying they invaded the privacy of medical providers by filming without consent.
State attorney general Xavier Becerra announced the charges on Tuesday against David Daleiden of Davis, California, and Sandra Merritt of San Jose. The two operate the Irvine-based Center for Medical Progress.
The allegations say the pair filmed 14 people without permission between October 2013 and July 2015 in Los Angeles, San Francisco and El Dorado counties. One felony count was filed for each person. The 15th was for criminal conspiracy to invade privacy.
Becerra says they used a fictitious bioresearch company to meet with women’s healthcare providers and covertly record them.
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Associated Press
Wednesday 29 March 2017 04.30 BST
California prosecutors have charged two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood with 15 felonies, saying they invaded the privacy of medical providers by filming without consent.
State attorney general Xavier Becerra announced the charges on Tuesday against David Daleiden of Davis, California, and Sandra Merritt of San Jose. The two operate the Irvine-based Center for Medical Progress.
The allegations say the pair filmed 14 people without permission between October 2013 and July 2015 in Los Angeles, San Francisco and El Dorado counties. One felony count was filed for each person. The 15th was for criminal conspiracy to invade privacy.
Becerra says they used a fictitious bioresearch company to meet with women’s healthcare providers and covertly record them.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/29/anti-abortion-activists-charged-undercover-planned-parenthood-videos
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