Daleiden and Center for Medical Progress to Face Reduced Charges in San Francisco Superior Court

David Daleiden
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The Thomas Moore Society confirmed on Twitter Dec. 6 that San Francisco Superior Court did not dismiss all criminal charges against David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress (CMP). Six out of the 15 counts were dismissed when it was appealed to the higher court, but they will go to trial on the remaining nine counts.

The defendants had exposed Planned Parenthood for harvesting body parts from aborted children by using undercover journalists posing as an organization that would purchase those body parts. They recorded conversations that those journalists had with various employees of Planned Parenthood and showed the recordings to the world by uploading them to the internet.

The San Francisco Superior Court's decision to hear the case means that we will once again hear arguments from both sides about the intent of the undercover recordings and whether the defendants believed violent actions were taking place that needed to be exposed. The judge in the lower court blocked much of the evidence that the defense brought forth in that case. Hopefully, they will be allowed to present the necessary evidence to prove their case this time.

If the CMP continues to be found guilty, the organization has vowed that it will fight all the way to the Supreme Court.

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