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Anti-Abortion Activists Behind Secret Planned Parenthood Videos Charged with 15 Felonies [Updated]

Two anti-abortion activists who secretly filmed themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood were…

Megan Reynolds

PublishedMarch 28, 2017

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7/26/16

Felony Charge Dismissed Against David Daleiden, Creator of the Planned Parenthood Sting Videos

A Texas judge has dropped the last charge against David Daleiden, the creator of debunked sting videos which claimed…

Stassa Edwards

PublishedJuly 26, 2016

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6/14/16

Misdemeanor Charge Dismissed Against David Daleiden, Planned Parenthood Sting Video Creator

A Texas judge has dismissed a misdemeanor charge against David Daleiden, the creator of a series of bogus undercover…

Anna Merlan

PublishedJune 14, 2016

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4/6/16

Anti-Abortion Videomaker David Daleiden's Home Raided By California Authorities

Investigators with the California Department of Justice searched the apartment of anti-abortion activist David…

Anna Merlan

PublishedApril 6, 2016

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4/5/16

National Abortion Federation: Violence Grew 'Dramatically' After Planned Parenthood Sting Videos

Each year, the National Abortion Federation, an association representing abortion providers, releases statistics on…

Anna Merlan

PublishedApril 5, 2016

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2/8/16

Good Job, Guys: Yet Another Anti-Abortion Sting Video Shows Nothing At All

The anti-abortion Center for Medical Progress, whose founder is under indictment, released a new undercover video…

Anna Merlan

PublishedFebruary 8, 2016

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2/6/16

Judge Grants Injunction Stopping Release of More 'Sting' Videos by Anti-Abortion Activists

On Friday, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted an injunction against…

Stassa Edwards

PublishedFebruary 6, 2016

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2/4/16

David Daleiden Turns Himself in on Planned Parenthood Sting Charges

David Daleiden, the man behind the anti-abortion Center for Medical Progress, turned himself in today after being…

Anna Merlan

PublishedFebruary 4, 2016

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2/3/16

Sandra Merritt, Charged in Planned Parenthood Sting, Turns Herself In

Sandra Merritt, one of the anti-abortion activists behind the Planned Parenthood sting videos, turned herself in to…

Anna Merlan

PublishedFebruary 3, 2016

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1/25/16

Anti-Abortion Activists Behind Planned Parenthood Sting Videos Indicted

Those inflammatory Planned Parenthood “sting videos” have finally gotten somebody indicted: Two of the anti-abortion…

Kelly Faircloth

PublishedJanuary 25, 2016

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1/14/16

Planned Parenthood Files Federal Lawsuit Against Group Behind Undercover Sting Videos

Planned Parenthood’s California affiliate filed a civil lawsuit Thursday against the people behind the Center for…

Anna Merlan

PublishedJanuary 14, 2016

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Politics

Paul Ryan Says Planned Parenthood Shouldn't Get a 'Red Cent' From Taxpayers

Recently elected Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, said in a Sunday morning interview with CNN’s Dana Bash that he…

Stassa Edwards

PublishedNovember 1, 2015

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10/28/15

Federal Judge Orders Alabama to Reinstate Planned Parenthood in the Medicaid Program

A federal judge has told Alabama that they can’t cancel Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid contract, ordering them to…

Anna Merlan

PublishedOctober 28, 2015

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10/22/15

Three Days After Cutting Planned Parenthood's Funding, Texas Raids Clinics

Three days after Texas’ Health & Human Services Commission announced that it would end Medicaid contracts to Planned…

Stassa Edwards

PublishedOctober 22, 2015

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10/19/15

Texas Cuts Planned Parenthood Out of Medicaid Program Over Sting Videos

Texas’ Health & Human Services Commission announced Monday that it will terminate the Medicaid contracts for all…

Anna Merlan

PublishedOctober 19, 2015

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10/15/15

Washington Post Publishes Flattering Profile of Man Behind Planned Parenthood Sting Videos

The Washington Post published a breezy little profile Thursday of David Daleiden, the man behind the Center for…

Anna Merlan

PublishedOctober 15, 2015

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10/13/15

Planned Parenthood Says It Will No Longer Receive Reimbursement for Fetal Tissue

In a letter to the National Institutes of Health, Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards…

Anna Merlan

PublishedOctober 13, 2015

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Politics

Carly Fiorina Loses Poll Bump, Probably for Lying Her Head off About Planned Parenthood

Mid-September was a heady time for Carly Fiorina: she did pretty great in the second GOP debate, and subsequently…

Anna Merlan

PublishedOctober 12, 2015

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10/6/15

Toot Toot! All Aboard the Crazy Train! Congress Has Big Plans for Planned Parenthood

All aboard the Unbelievable Waste of Time Express as it departs the station for an indeterminate,…

Anna Merlan

PublishedOctober 6, 2015

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10/2/15

Anti-Abortion Activist Troy Newman Deported From Australia, Calls Himself a 'Political Prisoner'

The anti-abortion activist Troy Newman, who currently heads Operation Rescue and who sits on the board for the…

Anna Merlan

PublishedOctober 2, 2015

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