Judge Blocks Release of Secret Recordings of Abortion Conference
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden cannot release conversations with abortion providers secretly recorded at National Abortion Federation conferences in 2014 and 2015.
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Abortion Foes Ordered to Pay Planned Parenthood $13.6 Million in Legal Fees
On top of over $2 million in damages a court ordered he and his anti-abortion cohorts to pay last year for secretly recording abortion providers, David Daleiden and his associates were hit with another $13.6 million bill for Planned Parenthood’s legal costs this week.
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Abortion Foe Complains of Selective Prosecution by California
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden, who disguised himself as a purveyor of human tissue for medical research in order to secretly tape abortion providers, claims in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that his undercover journalism, along with his anti-abortion views, made him an undeserving target of the California Department of Justice
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Judge Bars Abortion Foes From Planned Parenthood Conferences
A federal judge on Wednesday barred anti-abortion activist David Daleiden and his associates from ever entering another Planned Parenthood conference.
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Ninth Circuit Tightens Focus of Abortion Foe’s Look at Lab Researcher Files
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden may see some unredacted public records on a group of employees and researchers affiliated with the University of Washington’s Birth Defects Research Center but the identities of five employees are protected from disclosure, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
Read moreAbortion Foes Will Face Criminal Charges in Undercover Video Case
Anti-abortion activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt will go to trial on nine counts of criminal eavesdropping and conspiring to invade the privacy of abortion providers at an industry conference in 2014 and at a Pasadena, California, restaurant.
Read moreJury Finds Abortion Foes Harmed Planned Parenthood, Awards Over $2 Million
A federal jury found an anti-abortion cohort led by David Daleiden caused substantial harm to Planned Parenthood by infiltrating abortion industry conferences to secretly tape abortion doctors and staff, and awarded punitive damages of $870,000.
Read moreSides Trade Barbs as Civil Case Against Abortion Foes Winds Up
Closing arguments began Tuesday in Planned Parenthood’s civil fraud and racketeering case against a cohort of anti-abortion activists with attorneys for both sides impugning the other’s motives and leveling accusations of deceit.
Read moreAnti-Abortion Foe Grilled on Motives for Secretly Videotaping Doctors
A Planned Parenthood lawyer Thursday tried to discredit anti-abortion activist David Daleiden’s motives for secretly videotaping abortion doctors and releasing the videos on the 15th day of a civil fraud and conspiracy trial.
Read moreAbortion Foe Says He Didn’t Endorse Using Fake IDs to Videotape Doctors
Downplaying his role in an alleged conspiracy to infiltrate abortion industry meetings and secretly videotape doctors, a longtime abortion foe testified Tuesday he did not know his colleagues planned to use fake IDs and other deceptive means to gain access.
Read moreUndercover Journalists or Anti-Abortion Fraudsters? A Jury Will Decide
On the first day of trial over abortion foe David Daleiden’s campaign to infiltrate industry meetings and covertly videotape Planned Parenthood doctors, a jury was bombarded with conflicting messages on what the case is about.
Read moreAbortion Foe Testifies in Criminal Invasion of Privacy Case
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden testified Friday that he believed he was investigating violent criminal acts when he made secret recordings of Planned Parenthood staff.
Read moreContempt
David Daleiden and his anti-abortion group are not entitled to an en banc rehearing on their $195,000 contempt fine for releasing secretly recorded videos in violation of a preliminary injunction, the Ninth Circuit ruled.
Read moreInjunction Against Release of Anti-Abortion Group’s Edited Videos Stands
Rejecting arguments that a court order is crippling David Daleiden’s criminal defense, a federal judge Wednesday refused to lift an injunction banning the release of secretly taped videos of a National Abortion Federation meeting.
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Texas Fights Planned Parenthood at 5th Circuit
Texas asked the Fifth Circuit on Monday to vacate an injunction that stopped it from cutting Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, citing a sting video it claims shows the health care provider mishandles aborted fetal tissue.
Read moreAbortion Foes Say Free Speech Trumps Planned Parenthood Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Friday gave little indication whether it would advance the bulk of Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit accusing anti-abortion activists of interfering with access to abortion, or shrink the scope of claims the activists face over doctored videos purporting to show the reproductive health organization selling aborted fetal tissue.
Read more9th Circuit OKs Abortion Foe’s Look at Lab Researchers’ Files
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden has scored a victory in the Ninth Circuit, with judges finding a lower court’s order blocking his access to public information about researchers associated with the University of Washington’s Birth Defects Research Laboratory was too broad.
Read moreAbortion Foe & Attorneys Must Pay $136K for Videos’ Release
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden and his attorneys must pay $136,800 for publishing banned videos of the National Abortion Federation’s annual meetings, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Read moreAbortion Foe Takes Fight for Records to 9th Circuit
Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden asked the Ninth Circuit to void a lower court’s order blocking his access to public information about the University of Washington’s Birth Defects Research Laboratory, arguing the order is too broad and will gut the Public Records Act.
Read moreJudge Cites Anti-Abortion Activist’s Attorneys for Contempt
A federal judge said Tuesday he will hold anti-abortion activist David Daleiden’s lawyers in contempt of court for publishing videos of a National Abortion Federation annual meeting, in violation of an injunction.
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