Jury indicts anti-abortion activists in Texas

A grand jury in Houston Texas has announced its decision to indict two of the anti-abortion activists, who had shot undercover videos and laid criminal allegations against Planned Parenthood.

A series of undercover videos had were used in a case against Planned Parenthood and the grand jury was investigating criminal allegations. However, the jury indicted thetwo of the anti-abortion activists behind the video in the case shocking many involved in the proceedings. In the series of videos, Center for Medical Progress employees posed as prospective buyers of fetal tissue and recorded employees of Planned Parenthood and its contractorsdiscussing several practices that are banned by the law. Planned Parenthood claimed selective editing had created a misperception.

The jury also declined to indict officials from the abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. It laid felony charges of tampering with a government record against Center for Medical Progress founder David Daleiden and center employee Sandra Merritt. Meanwhile, Daleidon was also charged with a misdemeanor count related to purchasing human organs.

Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said, "We were called upon to investigate allegations of criminal conduct by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast. As I stated at the outset of this investigation, we must go where the evidence leads us. All the evidence uncovered in the course of this investigation was presented to the grand jury. I respect their decision on this difficult case."

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