Court dismisses most charges against woman who helped expose Planned Parenthood

[buttercup]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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[S.J.]

Good news but PP is still in business selling body parts.

 

[playtime]

facts.

Planned Parenthood: Fact v. Fiction

 

[cnm]

Is this really from June 2017 ?

 

[Faun]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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It’s great to see some good news for a change!

I don’t know why you’re bringing up such old news?

But as long as you are, you should also include the news from about a month after the article you posted which announced California was refiling those 14 charges....

California files more charges against antiabortion activists

... adding specificities to the charges after they were dropped to vagueness in the indictments over the videos.

... and in more current news (from a week ago), their trial is proceeding...

California judge will keep Planned Parenthood names sealed

 

[Lesh]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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It’s great to see some good news for a change!

The court however did not rule on the accuracy of those tapes (which were dishonestly edited).

Planned Parenthood 2015 undercover videos controversy - Wikipedia

Officials in twelve states initiated investigations into claims made by the videos, but none found Planned Parenthood clinics to have sold tissue for profit as alleged by CMP and other anti-abortion groups. An investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee found no evidence of wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood.

 

[badger2]

Courts cannot rule on the accuracy of the Clinton mafia with connections to professional abortionists. We have (and have already posted) that connection.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Personally I think it should be illegal to film someone without their knowledge. I hope they throw the book at her and him

 

[Natural Citizen]

Is this really from June 2017 ?

It doesn't really matter. Consider it a reminder of how it is battling in the trenches. The issue hasn't gone away. Same story, same battle, different day is all. And fighting in the trenches is scary business.

 

[Centrista]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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"Most".

 

[bripat9643]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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Why was she charged with anything at all?

 

[bripat9643]

Is this really from June 2017 ?

It doesn't really matter. Consider it a reminder of how it is battling in the trenches. The issue hasn't gone away. Same story, same battle, different day is all. And fighting in the trenches is scary business.

It's only scary for conservatives. Leftwingers get a free ride.

 

[Centrista]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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Why was she charged with anything at all?

Probable cause.

 

[bripat9643]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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Why was she charged with anything at all?

Probable cause.

Probable cause is not a charge. It's a justification for performing a search.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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Why was she charged with anything at all?

because it should be illegal to film someone without their knowledge.

 

[bripat9643]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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Why was she charged with anything at all?

because it should be illegal to film someone without their knowledge.

Bullshit. 60 minutes used to do it all the time. As long as you're aren't filming them in their homes, or a restroom, they have no expectation of privacy.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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Why was she charged with anything at all?

because it should be illegal to film someone without their knowledge.

Bullshit. 60 minutes used to do it all the time. As long as you're aren't filming them in their homes, or a restroom, they have no expectation of privacy.

Why am I not surprised by this being your view.

You never have been much of a fan of personal liberty.

 

[bripat9643]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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Why was she charged with anything at all?

because it should be illegal to film someone without their knowledge.

Bullshit. 60 minutes used to do it all the time. As long as you're aren't filming them in their homes, or a restroom, they have no expectation of privacy.

Why am I not surprised by this being your view.

You never have been much of a fan of personal liberty.

How does that infringe on your personal liberty? All it really does is protect scumbags, especially politicians. You apparently believe that people should be protected from what they do and say in public.

 

[Dragonlady]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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Why was she charged with anything at all?

Because their "exposure" was a highly edited fraud. They changed the questions asked and edited in questions to suit their message. Like asking so that it appeared that the PP Exec was saying something completely different than the question. If you watch the opening scene of the Arnold Schwarenegger movie "Running Man", they take the tape and edit it to look like Arnie is the "Butcher of Bakersfield" when in fact in tried to prevent others from murdering innocents. Exactly like that.

The lying cons made questions about preserving tissue donations which are saving and improving the lives of Parkinson's sufferers and helping with advances in the treatment of Alzheimers and other forms of dementia, sound like the most ghoulish form of profiteering, and completely mislead the public about the nature of donations of fetal tissue.

A number of jurisidictions investigated the the false and misleading claims made in this film, at a cost to taxpayers that ran into the millions of dollars. They were forced to issue their unedited footage to law makers, which revealled their claims to be a total fraud.

California was correct in going after these liars. They cost the American taxpayers millions to investigate their bonus claims. Like how someone who calls out the fire trucks for a "false alarm" is charged with public mischief for costing the taxpayers money on a hoax. They should be forced to repay the costs of all of the investigations into their claims, or go to jail for fraud.

 

[Faun]

“Sandra Merritt, the undercover journalist who helped the Center for Medical Progress to expose Planned Parenthood’s illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies, has had 14 of the 15 charges filed against her dismissed by a California court. Merritt, along with her fellow investigator David Daleiden, spent years undercover, meeting with abortion executives and attending conferences before releasing what they had discovered: videos of Planned Parenthood officials across the country casually discussing sales and profits from selling the body parts of babies they aborted.”

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Why was she charged with anything at all?

You even ask fucking moronic questions.

Because in California, it’s illegal to record someone without their knowledge.

Penal Code § 632

(a) A person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, uses an electronic amplifying or recording device to eavesdrop upon or record the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another or by means of a telegraph, telephone, or other device, except a radio, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If the person has previously been convicted of a violation of this section or Section 631, 632.5, 632.6, 632.7, or 636, the person shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation, by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment.​

... any more stupid questions?