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Court Ignores Free Speech Concerns, Slaps Down Pro-Life Group That Exposed Planned Parenthood…
Cybercast News Service ^ | September 29, 2015 | 11:59 AM EDT | Hans von Spakovsky and Elizabeth Slattery

Posted on 09/29/2015 1:02:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) in a discovery dispute with the National Abortion Federation.

CMP is the group of citizen journalists responsible for producing the undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s practice of selling baby parts. This decision may end up being a costly one for CMP because it allows the National Abortion Federation to attempt to bury the group with discovery requests. Discovery is a pre-trial procedure in which parties can seek to obtain evidence for their case.

The National Abortion Federation filed a federal lawsuit in California in July against CMP seeking an injunction to stop the release of undercover videos apparently shot at National Abortion Federation’s annual meetings of abortion providers in 2014 and 2015.

Clearly worried about what information may surface from its conferences, the National Abortion Federation made a host of claims under various state and federal laws, including fraud, conspiracy, invasion of privacy, breach of contract and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the federal law usually used to prosecute drug cartels and mob operations. …

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 9thcircuitcourt; abortion; babykillers; cmp; naf; plannedparenthood; slapp
Full title: Court Ignores Free Speech Concerns, Slaps Down Pro-Life Group That Exposed Planned Parenthood in Discovery Ruling
1 posted on 09/29/2015 1:02:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Are they going to bring up the fact that selling such parts is ILLEGAL?


2 posted on 09/29/2015 1:06:54 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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To: Olog-hai

Any errors should be made on the side of the pro-life people who exposed what was going on. It should not be made on the side of the genocidal beasts.

I don’t honestly care what the law says here. The evil nature of what was revealed should create an instant exception to any rule blocking this revelation.


3 posted on 09/29/2015 1:07:03 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: Olog-hai
Of course it as the 9th Circus.
4 posted on 09/29/2015 1:08:26 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

Bingo. And if I’m correct, this court has the most over-turned rulings in history.


5 posted on 09/29/2015 1:11:02 PM PDT by Catsrus ( I callz 'em as I seez 'em.)
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To: Olog-hai

OK, who is representing CMP and where do we contribute? This is the opportunity of a lifetime! If they are opening the door to discovery, it is a two-way street. Discover the heck out of them!


6 posted on 09/29/2015 1:11:32 PM PDT by Stegall Tx (FWIW)
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To: Catsrus
Yes in Deed
7 posted on 09/29/2015 1:12:23 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Stegall Tx
OK, I took the time to answer my own question. Donations can be made to The Center for Medical Progress.
8 posted on 09/29/2015 1:15:32 PM PDT by Stegall Tx (FWIW)
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To: ctdonath2
Are they going to bring up the fact that selling such parts is ILLEGAL?

Irrelevant!
Immaterial!
Inadmissable!

9 posted on 09/29/2015 1:26:52 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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To: ctdonath2

Of course not.


10 posted on 09/29/2015 3:16:11 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: SandRat

Yep, the Ninth Circus Court of Upheavals. The most overturned court in America.


11 posted on 09/29/2015 3:16:53 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Olog-hai

CMP should just begin the filings by individual mothers of Fraud suits against PP, in multiple venues of course.


12 posted on 09/29/2015 6:55:13 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (CA the sanctuary state for stupid.)
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To: Catsrus

They keep pushing and pushing.


13 posted on 09/29/2015 6:57:57 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: Olog-hai

From the most overturned court ever


14 posted on 09/29/2015 7:14:50 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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