The pro-life Center for Medical Progress (CMP) was sued by Planned Parenthood in 2015 after it released undercover footage showing various Planned Parenthood
executives discussing the harvesting and sale of body parts harvested from
aborted children.
Lower courts did not apply any First Amendment protections to the case,
awarding nearly $16 million to Planned Parenthood after CMP exposed its
criminal actions. CMP
appealed this case to the US Supreme Court
in an attempt to remedy this.
Planned Parenthood's
August 22 filing
admits that Planned Parenthood executives "spoke the words recorded in the
videos." The filing argues that CMP's undercover methods justify the lower
court rulings; regardless of whether the videos are protected by the First
Amendment.
This is the first time that Planned Parenthood has admitted the authenticity
of CMP's work before the Supreme Court.
