U.S. judge grants injunction against anti-abortion activists

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Fri Feb 5, 2016 8:10pm EST

U.S. judge grants injunction against anti-abortion activists

SAN FRANCISCO | BY DAN LEVINE

A U.S. judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction stopping the distribution of surreptitious videos taken by anti-abortion activists who alleged Planned Parenthood staff discussed the illegal sale of aborted fetal tissue.

The National Abortion Federation (NAF), a nonprofit representing abortion providers, accused the Center for Medical Progress and its founder, David Daleiden, in a lawsuit last year of illegally infiltrating and recording its private meetings.

San Francisco federal judge William Orrick last year issued a temporary order prohibiting the distribution of the videos, which he extended on Friday until the litigation is over. Orrick said he reviewed the videos and found no evidence of criminal activity by NAF members.

Catherine Short, an attorney for the Center for Medical Progress, said they had expected the ruling. Derek Foran, an attorney for the National Abortion Federation, said they are pleased.

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[malaise]

1. It is time to destroy these criminal groups with poitical connections

once and for all. Any one of them caught breaking the law must go to prison. They are responsible for the deaths of those folks at the PP building and all the doctors and staff at clinics.

[gratuitous]

2. The Center for Medical Progress said they expected the ruling?

So they're quite conscious of the lies they're telling and the pain and misery they're causing, yet they go ahead anyway.