American Center for Law and Justice Executive Director Jordan Sekulow appeared on Wednesday’s edition of CBN’s Newswatch to discuss the case. Newswatch is seen weekdays on the CBN News Channel. For a programming schedule, click here.
A federal civil trial now underway in San Francisco could be the biggest pro-life case in the last 20 years.
Planned Parenthood, the country’s largest abortion provider, is suing Center for Medical Progress founder David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt for their involvement in producing undercover videos. The videos, which showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the procurement and sale of fetal tissue, sparked national outrage and congressional investigations.
The US House and the Senate released reports documenting evidence of illegal actions by abortion providers and fetal tissue procurement companies.
Buying and selling human fetal tissue is illegal in the United States. Federal regulations also prohibit anyone from altering the timing or method of an abortion for the sole purpose of later using the tissue in research. Donating the tissue for research, however, is legal with a woman’s consent, according to The Washington Post.
For the first time, Judge William Orrick allowed a significant portion of one of the undercover videos to be played for the jury as the Planned Parenthood abortionist who discussed “crushing” babies to harvest their organs was on the stand, according to the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) whose attorneys are a part of the legal team are representing Daleiden and Merritt. ….
