February 23, 2016
A California federal judge agreed on Monday to pause the National Abortion Federation's suit against the Center for Medical Progress as the center appeals the court's decision banning it from releasing footage purporting to show abortion providers agreeing to sell fetal body parts for profit.
February 08, 2016
A California federal judge has banned the Center for Medical Progress from releasing its “misleadingly edited” footage purporting to show abortion providers agreeing to sell fetal body parts for profit, finding that the raw material shows no wrongdoing and that the CMP members broke legally-binding confidentiality agreements.
December 18, 2015
The National Abortion Federation urged a California federal judge Friday to bar the Center for Medical Progress from continuing to share surreptitiously filmed videos allegedly showing abortion providers negotiating the sale of fetal tissue, saying the videos put providers in danger.
October 16, 2015
A California federal judge said Friday that the 500 hours of video the Center for Medical Progress handed over to Congress last week in an investigation of the group's secret videotaping of alleged fetal tissue negotiations may have gone "well beyond the scope" of his legal orders.
October 07, 2015
A California federal judge on Tuesday said the Center for Medical Progress can give Congress subpoenaed videos and documents for an investigation regarding videos the group released allegedly showing abortion providers selling fetal tissue, but told the anti-abortion group to ensure the National Abortion Federation receives copies of all documentation first.
September 23, 2015
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to halt discovery in the suit that the National Abortion Federation launched against anti-abortion activist groups the Center for Medical Progress and Biomax Procurement Services LLC for their allegedly unlawful recording of secret videos.
September 22, 2015
In a rare appellate filing, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick on Friday blasted a challenge of a discovery order he imposed on pro-life groups in connection with secretly recorded videos of abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood, saying their First Amendment invocation can't be adjudicated without knowing what information they have.
September 18, 2015
A California federal judge ruled Friday that the anti-abortion activist groups Center for Medical Progress and Biomax Procurement Services LLC, which the National Abortion Federation is suing for recording secret videos, can't plead the Fifth Amendment, according to the NAF.
September 14, 2015
A California federal judge told anti-abortion activists being sued for secret videos on Friday that to assert their constitutional right against self-incrimination they must do so on a question-by-question basis, saying their attorneys' blanket invocation of the Fifth Amendment privilege won't suffice.
September 01, 2015
A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to order the Center for Medical Progress to take down a secretly filmed video in which Planned Parenthood executive Deborah Nucatola allegedly negotiates the sale of fetal tissue, saying he doesn't see how removing the video would protect her.