{"id":184602,"date":"2016-01-26T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=184602"},"modified":"2016-01-26T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T12:00:04","slug":"anti-abortion-film-makers-face-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/anti-abortion-film-makers-face-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-abortion film-makers face charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Texas grand jury has cleared Planned Parenthood of misconduct after the abortion provider was accused of selling foetal body parts for profit.<\/p>\n
Instead, the panel charged the film-makers behind the accusations with tampering with government records.<\/p>\n
The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) secretly filmed videos that set off an effort to withdraw the Planned Parenthood’s federal funding.<\/p>\n
CMP founder David Daleiden was also charged with buying human organs.<\/p>\n
“We were called upon to investigate allegations of criminal conduct by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast,” said Devon Anderson, the prosecutor who is now in charge of the case.<\/p>\n
“As I stated at the outset of this investigation, we must go where the evidence leads us.”<\/p>\n
Planned Parenthood is a non-profit group that provides reproductive health services to mostly lower-income Americans. Some of its locations perform abortions.<\/p>\n
Mr Daleiden and members of the Center for Medical Progress posed as medical researchers and discussed buying foetal tissue from Planned Parenthood staff.<\/p>\n
Critics said the videos were heavily edited in an effort to discredit Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n
Planned Parenthood said it charged small fees to process the foetal tissue donations and did not profit from the exchanges. The group has since stopped charging the processing fees.<\/p>\n
Republicans members of Congress pointed to the videos as they sought to ban federal funding for Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n
Democrats have stopped those efforts and President Barack Obama has promised to veto any bill that stripped the healthcare provider of funding.<\/p>\n
Eleven states – including Texas – launched investigations after the release of the videos.<\/p>\n
Nine have determined Planned Parenthood did nothing wrong. The inquiries have yet to finish in Arizona and Louisiana.
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\nBy: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Texas grand jury has cleared Planned Parenthood of misconduct after the abortion provider was accused of selling foetal body parts for profit. Instead, the panel charged the film-makers behind the accusations with tampering with government records. The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) secretly filmed videos that set off an effort to withdraw the Planned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n