{"id":212590,"date":"2019-10-17T14:35:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T19:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=212590"},"modified":"2019-10-17T14:35:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T19:35:46","slug":"planned-parenthood-v-cmp-trial-continues-key-witnesses-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-v-cmp-trial-continues-key-witnesses-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood v. CMP trial continues with key witnesses for Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The civil trial in the case of Planned Parenthood v. The Center for Medical Progress<\/em> (CMP) resumed on Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco with Jon Dunn, CEO of Planned Parenthood Orange and San Bernardino Counties (PPOSBC), retaking the stand. Planned Parenthood’s former Senior Director of Medical Services, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, also testified.<\/p>\n

According to Terrisa Bukovinac, founder and executive director of Pro-Life San Francisco, prior to the jury being brought in, Judge William Orrick III heard testimony from both sides as to whether or not a video clip of Cecile Richards’ (former Planned Parenthood CEO) Congressional testimony should be played in court as the defense wanted. Defense attorney Paul Jonna argued the video clip was related to the upcoming testimony of Nucatola. An attorney for Planned Parenthood, however, argued that the clip showed a Republican congressman making negative comments about Planned Parenthood and he felt it would prejudice the jury. When Jonna volunteered to cut that part of the video out, Orrick said the video could only be played if Nucatola was unaware of Richards’ testimony and needed to be familiarized with it. However,\u00a0when Nucatola took the stand and was asked if she remembered Richard’s testimony, she said she couldn’t. The defense asked Orrick if they could play the clip of Richards as they had spoken about earlier, but Orrick refused to allow it<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Back on the stand after beginning his testimony on Tuesday, Dunn watched as Jonna played undercover video taken during Planned Parenthood’s February 2015 Medical Directors Conference. In the video, Dunn’s medical director Dr. Jen Russo is seen at a table with defendant David Daleiden and several other people, including individuals who were not involved in the abortion industry. Still, she openly spoke about when her Planned Parenthood facility would use digoxin (“dig”) during abortion to stop the fetal heart before inducing labor.<\/p>\n

“We dig at 20 weeks,” Russo said, but mentioned that they weren’t actually using digoxin at the time because there was a nationwide shortage. This is vital information because if digoxin is not given, babies could potentially be born alive during the abortion and then killed or left to die before being donated to researchers. Daleiden has testified that one abortionist\u00a0told him<\/a>\u00a0researchers needed fetuses who were born alive.<\/p>\n

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