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Troy Newman, (second from left) and his legal team from the American Center
for Law and Justice.
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Operation Rescue
April 20, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 20, 2022 /Christian
Newswire/ -- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the case of
Troy Newman v. Planned Parenthood on Thursday, April 21, 2022.
Pro-life journalists and activists, including Troy Newman, who serves as
President of Operation Rescue and was a founding board member of the Center for
Medical Progress, were sued by Planned Parenthood for exposing its appalling
baby parts trafficking scheme in 2015 through an undercover investigation – a
tactic commonly used by journalists.
However, instead of upholding their Constitutional rights to free speech and a
free press, the court found that the pro-lifers had violated the Federal
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). That unjust verdict,
which led to nearly $17 million in judgments and attorney fees against the
pro-lifers, is now the subject of the appeal.
Due to the court's COVID-19 protocols, this hearing will be available online
from San Francisco, California. The arguments can be heard live on April 21 at
10:00 a.m. PDT (1:00 pm EDT, 12:00 p.m. CDT) at this link:
Live Video Streaming of Oral Arguments and Events (uscourts.gov).
The hearing can also be heard live on YouTube.com, then replayed at your
convenience at this link:
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - YouTube.
In 2014, the pro-life investigators went under cover to film Planned Parenthood
executives, who admitted on camera to selling organs and tissues harvested from
the bodies of aborted babies to middle-man organ procurement companies for
profit. Former Planned Parenthood Medical Director Deborah Nucatola admitted
that abortion procedures were altered to ensure that requested body parts could
be harvested intact, which is illegal under Federal Law.
The video exposés led committees in both the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives to conduct their own investigations into Planned Parenthood's
obviously illegal body parts trafficking scheme, which resulted in criminal
referrals of Planned Parenthood to the Department of Justice. However, despite
the evidence that showed Planned Parenthood broke the law, no charges were ever
filed against them.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was once considered the most left-leaning
activist court of all in the U.S. However, since President Donald Trump made
several conservative appointments to the Ninth Circuit, it has become more
ideologically balance, and may view the pro-life appeal with less hostility.
"Please keep Troy and the other pro-life appellants in your prayers. We want to
see the injustice of this wrongful judgment overturned by the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals," said Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Vice President of Operation
Rescue. "It is my fervent prayer that one day those involved in Planned
Parenthood's horrific for-profit baby parts trafficking scheme will be held
accountable for their alleged crimes in a court of law."
Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist
organizations in the U.S. Our goal is to expose abortion abuses, demand
enforcement, save innocent lives, and build an Abortion-Free America.
Click here to support Operation Rescue.
SOURCE Operation Rescue
CONTACT: Troy Newman, President, 316-683-6790 ext. 111; Cheryl Sullenger, Senior
Vice President, 316-516-3034