On Thursday Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the anti-abortion activists who secretly taped the group’s officials talking about selling fetal tissue.
The videos sparked a firestorm in Washington. Republican lawmakers accused Planned Parenthood of profiting from the sale of baby parts and they tried to strip them of federal funding.Planned Parenthood has since said they do not profit from the sale of tissue donations even though they say otherwise in the videos.
On Thursday they said they were going on the defense against the group who produced the videos, The Center for Medical Progress.
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Kathy Kneer, chief executive of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California had the following to say:
The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in San Francisco and it alleges the defendants set up a bogus tissue procurement company and used fake corporate and personal identities to lie their way into private meetings they illegally taped.We are filing this lawsuit to hold accountable the people behind this reckless and malicious smear campaign that was designed to spread lies about Planned Parenthood.
It also alleges the defendants engaged in crimes such as wire and mail fraud, invasion of privacy, illegal secret recording and trespassing and they are seeking damages and a court order barring the group from entering Planned Parenthood facilities under false pretenses.
The Center for Medical Progress’ David Daleiden said the lawsuit is “frivolous” and that it is a “last-ditch move of desperation.”
He said:
Game on. I look forward to deposing all the CEOs, medical directors, and their c0-conspirators who participated in Planned Parenthood’s illegal baby parts racket.
