Pro-life advocates decried a court’s decision that awarded $2.28 million in total punitive and compensatory damages to Planned Parenthood in a suit involving undercover investigations that provided evidence the country’s leading abortion provider traded in the sale of baby body parts.
A federal jury in San Francisco issued the penalties Nov. 15 against the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) and investigators who secretly recorded videos of Planned Parenthood executives discussing their sale of fetal parts, as well as their willingness to manipulate the abortion procedure to preserve organs for sale and use.
The jury agreed with Planned Parenthood that the defendants were guilty of fraud, trespassing, illegal recording, racketeering and breach of contract, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
The National Right to Life Committee called the judgment “chilling for anyone acting in good faith to reveal what they feel is criminal activity.”
Planned Parenthood centers performed 332,757 abortions during the 2016–2017 fiscal year and received $563.8 million in government grants and reimbursements in the 2017–2018 fiscal year, according to its most recent annual report. (BP, TAB)
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