“The State of Texas will continue to protect life, and I will continue to support legislation prohibiting the sale or transfer of fetal tissue.” Greg Abbott, a Republican, said on Monday that the inspector general of the state’s Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas attorney general’s office have been investigating Planned Parenthood’s actions, The Times reported: “Nothing about today’s announcement in Harris County impacts the state’s ongoing investigation,” Mr. “Planned Parenthood still cannot deny the admissions from the leadership about fetal organ sales captured on video for all the world to see.” “We respect the processes of the Harris County District Attorney, and note that buying fetal tissue requires a seller as well,” the statement continued. “As I stated at the outset of this investigation, we must go where the evidence leads us.”Ī statement posted on the CMP website said the organization uses the “same undercover techniques that investigative journalists have used for decades in exercising our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and of the press, and follows all applicable laws. “We were called upon to investigate allegations of criminal conduct by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast,” said Anderson, a Republican. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton and others. That prompted allegations that the organization was profiting off of tissue-an allegation that was never proven-and sparked calls for an investigation from Gov.
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The Houston Chronicle said the probe began after the Center for Medical Progress released footage of the Houston clinic as part of a series of videos showing Planned Parenthood officials casually discussing the methods and costs of preserving fetal tissue for scientific research. I respect their decision on this difficult case.” All the evidence uncovered in the course of this investigation was presented to the grand jury. “As I stated at the outset of this investigation, we must go where the evidence leads us. “We were called upon to investigate allegations of criminal conduct by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast,” Ms. She did not specify in the statement what record or records were allegedly tampered with. Merritt of making and presenting fake California driver’s licenses, with the intent to defraud, for their April meeting at Planned Parenthood in Houston.” In a statement, the Harris County district attorney, Devon Anderson, said Monday that grand jurors had cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing. The indictment was reported Monday evening by The New York Times, which said “the record-tampering charges accused Mr. The tables were turned when the jury decided to indict Daleiden, director of the Center for Medical Progress, on a felony charge of tampering with a governmental record and a misdemeanor count related to purchasing human organs, and a CMP employee, Sandra Merritt, on a charge of tampering with a governmental record.
Ironically, the grand jury was investigating allegations of misconduct against Planned Parenthood. Clears abortion provider of any wrongdoingĭavid Daleiden and a colleague, who produced about a dozen videos last year purporting to show Planned Parenthood’s unseemly involvement in the sale of aborted baby parts, have been indicted by a grand jury in Houston.
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