Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Deputy Attorney General Johnette Jauron filed a motion on September 10 to place a gag order against the lawyers of the undercover journalists defending against a privacy lawsuit. In the preliminary hearings for the case against David Daleiden and Sandra Merrit, several pro-life news sources have been covering the story intently, and LifeSiteNews has been filming video interviews with lawyers on the defense team to get their takes on each day's events. The prosecution claims that the coverage was causing undue stress to the "victims" (the Planned Parenthood prosecution). Thankfully, this request was denied by the judge in the hearing that took place on September 11.The prosecution cited an incident of road rage involving one of the Planned Parenthood witnesses, but could not back up the claim that the incident was caused by pro-life coverage of the proceedings. The Planned Parenthood witnesses are already referenced with "Doe" pseudonyms to protect their identities in public coverage. Luckily, the right to a public trial was protected in this instance. Click here for more.
