Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill Criminalizing Journalists Who Distribute

Breitbart ^ | 1 Oct 2016 | Dr. Susan Berry

[Cheerio]

FULL TITLE - Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill Criminalizing Journalists Who Distribute Recordings of Abortion Providers

A bill sponsored by Planned Parenthood that criminalizes the distribution of recordings of conversations with abortion providers is now law in California. Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1671 into law, making it illegal for journalists to distribute audio or video recordings of healthcare providers without their consent.

As the Los Angeles Times reports, Planned Parenthood pushed the bill through the legislature even though it is already illegal to make these types of recordings without authorization in California. The abortion business argued that further punishment was needed for distributing the materials.

Spearheaded by Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), the new law comes as Planned Parenthood is desperately attempting to suppress information regarding its “baby parts” scandal. Last year, undercover journalists from the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a series of videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s alleged practices of exchanging the tissues of babies it aborts for monetary consideration and altering the position of babies during abortion to maximize the chance of harvesting intact organs.

[Polynikes]

“What if one is NOT a journalist?”

Doesn't make much difference. California is a 2-party consent state as far as making audio/visual recordings. Both parties have to have given their consent unless one is a LEO then the LEO is in effect exempt.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Satan approves.

[BruceS]

Doesn't the left remember the Pentagon Papers? They were secret documents about the Vietnam Ward that were leaked to the press. Courts ruled that, while the leaking of such information was a crime, once it is in the hands of the press, the First Amendment trumps the criminal statute.

The left thought this was the greatest ruling to come from the Supreme Court (other than Roe v Wade, which came a little later I think). This is exactly the same thing.

[caww]

... Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill Criminalizing Journalists Who Distribute Recordings of Abortion Providers.....A bill sponsored by Planned Parenthood....

....What someone who sold their soul long ago looks like"....

[caww]

And they think we’re past redemption!

[Secret Agent Man]

1st amendment violation.

Will never hold.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Interesting. So what is somebody makes a damning video, then has it released outside of California? Will Jerry stomp his feet and demand the Internet not permit the video to be seen in California? Wouldn’t surprise me.

Actually, the best bet would be to make the video, then put it on the Internet *outside* the US. It could even be dressed up and narrated to make it seem far worse that even it was.

[sergeantdave]

“Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill Criminalizing Journalists Who Distribute Recordings of Abortion Providers”

This is a planned and willful political attack on the 1st Amendment, and Brown and the California legislature need to be arrested for treason.