Supreme Court won't Dismiss Planned Parenthood's Lawsuit against Pro-life David Daleiden

Stephen Kokx : Apr 3, 2019
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"The biggest losers from today's decision are @PPact who now must go to trial on fabricated claims with zero facts, while their own leaders continue to incriminate and perjure themselves in video-taped depositions on a daily basis. Stay tuned." -David Daleiden-via Twitter

(Washington, DC)—[LifeSiteNews.com] The US Supreme Court denied a request by the Thomas More Society to dismiss what the public interest firm says is a "discriminatory" lawsuit brought against undercover journalist David Daleiden by abortion giant Planned Parenthood. (Image: David Daleiden outside Superior Court in San Francisco, California, Feb. 11 2019/Pete Baklinski-LifeSiteNews)

Daleiden is the 30-year-old pro-life activist under fire from the abortion industry for releasing in 2015 a shocking undercover videos showing more than a dozen Planned Parenthood employees casually discussing the sale of aborted baby parts.

Daleiden and his team maintain his actions are not illegal thanks to "anti-SLAPP" laws, which shield citizen journalists from powerful interests groups that seek to intimidate or otherwise silence a person exposing corruption. SLAPP is an acronym that stands for "Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation."

Daleiden, the director of the California-based Center for Medical Progress, appealed to the Supreme Court in November of last year after the liberal, San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his attorney's arguments that he was protected by such laws. The Thomas More Society says that in doing so, the 9th Circuit "reversed" its own precedent and has allowed Planned Parenthood to "end run" around the First Amendment.

Peter Breen, Vice President and Senior Counsel for the Thomas More Society, said that he and his team will continue to "carry on in the battle" to defend Daleiden's rights... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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