On Friday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joanne O'Donnell ruled that the Center for Medical Progress does have a 1st Amendment right to make the recording public, even though California law prohibits the unauthorized recording of confidential conversations.The eugenics update.
O'Donnell ruled StemExpress had shown it had a good chance of prevailing in court on an invasion of privacy claim. Nevertheless, she ruled, the court did not have the legal authority to impose prior restraint and stop the anti-abortion group from publishing the video.
The reaction to the video campaign, not surprisingly, has been swift, with officials in Louisiana, New Hampshire, Utah, Alabama and Arkansas saying they would yank funding.
“I respect human life,” said Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, “and I do not want Alabama to be associated with an organization that does not.”
Friday, August 21, 2015
Hit hard by secretly recorded videos, Planned Parenthood fights back
The L.A. Times reports:
