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The videos released by the Center for Medical Progress<\/a> following years of undercover investigation at Planned Parenthood ignited a firestorm of controversy. Planned Parenthood executives and officials were found to be allegedly engaging in the illegal sales of the body parts of aborted babies.<\/p>\n

Multiple congressional investigations were opened into Planned Parenthood, along with state investigations across the country. Even more states voted to defund Planned Parenthood. But in January, rather than indict Planned Parenthood, a Harris County jury instead indicted David Daleiden and his colleague, Sandra Merritt. It was a move that had even abortion advocates calling foul<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, Daleiden has finally been vindicated, as a Harris County judge has dropped a\u00a0charge against him\u00a0for allegedly\u00a0seeking to purchase human organs. In a statement<\/a>, the Center for Medical Progress applauded the ruling, calling the charge against Daleiden “bogus”.<\/p>\n

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Judge Diane Bull\u2019s swift dismissal of the bogus charge against CMP founder David Daleiden of trafficking human organs is the latest confirmation that the indictments from a runaway grand jury in Houston were a politically-motivated sham all along. In finding that the indictment was void on its face, Judge Bull\u2019s ruling directly contradicts the District Attorney\u2019s argument that the indictment was valid despite the DA\u2019s collusion with Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

The dismissal of the first indictment today sends a strong message to Planned Parenthood and their political cronies that colluding to suppress the First Amendment rights of citizen journalists will never work. The Center for Medical Progress follows all applicable laws in the course of its investigative journalism work and as more details about Planned Parenthood\u2019s contracts for aborted baby parts come to light, it\u2019s clear that Planned Parenthood and their business partners like StemExpress are the ones who are guilty of trafficking in human body parts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Daleiden still has to face a charge of allegedly tampering with a government record for using a fake ID during his undercover investigation.<\/p>\n

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The indictment against Daleiden and Merritt has come under heavy criticism amid suspicion that it was politically motivated. It was revealed Harris County prosecutor Lauren Reeder is a Planned Parenthood director<\/a> who sits on the board of an affiliate. In addition, Planned Parenthood attorney Josh Schaffer boasted that the district attorney’s office was sharing information<\/a> with him.<\/p>\n

Live Action President Lila Rose also\u00a0condemned the double standard officials appeared to have shown in handling this case.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s incomprehensible that David Daleiden was charged with attempting to purchase baby body parts, but Planned Parenthood wasn\u2019t charged for allegedly negotiating to sell them.\u00a0 David\u2019s intent was clear to the district attorney from the start: \u00a0He was posing as an organ buyer to expose the barbaric practice and end Planned Parenthood\u2019s trafficking in baby parts.\u00a0 The district attorney knew David never intended to buy organs, which is why this charge was bogus from the start.<\/p>\n

Here we are, nearly a year after Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast officials were caught on video talking about altering abortions to deliver fully intact babies for dissection, as well as how much the parts trafficking business \u2018contributes so much to the bottom line\u2019 for Planned Parenthood, yet nothing has been done to hold them accountable.<\/p>\n

This decision is a step in the right direction by the justice system in dealing with investigative journalism.\u00a0 While Planned Parenthood experienced a setback in Texas this week, in California, it continues its outrageous attacks on the freedom of the press and has pushed a bill to make it a crime for the news media to publish recordings of undercover footage taken inside its abortion facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One of the largest campaign donors to the district attorney’s re-election campaign\u00a0is\u00a0a pro-abortion lawyer, Chip Lewis<\/a>, who represents notorious late-term abortionist Douglas Karpen<\/a>. And as if all of that wasn’t enough, District Attorney Devon Anderson, who is the DA who\u00a0charged Daleiden, admitted to breaking the law<\/a> in her zeal to prosecute Daleiden.<\/p>\n

While pro-abortion activists and Planned Parenthood apologists pretended that the indictment against Daleiden and Merritt absolved Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing, the grand jury never even voted on Planned Parenthood’s case<\/a>. The Texas investigation into Planned Parenthood is still ongoing, and they are still under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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