Media Quiet About Dismissed Charges Against Planned Parenthood Whistleblowers
by Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist:
When pro-life journalists who revealed Planned Parenthood’s organ harvesting were charged, media loved it. When charges were dropped, the media went quiet.
Just over a year ago the Center for Medical Progress began releasing undercover videos showing high-level Planned Parenthood officials openly talking about harvesting body parts from aborted babies and selling them to middle men.
The videos, which shocked millions, led Planned Parenthood to stop taking money for aborted baby parts, and launched a congressional investigation into the practice of selling aborted baby parts. That committee’s hearings showed the market for aborted baby parts is significant, growing, and operating in violation of federal law, according to expert testimony.
In January, a grand jury in Texas indicted the Center for Medical Progress’ David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt on charges of buying fetal organs and using fake IDs as part of their undercover journalism. The charges were completely dropped by late July.
Planned Parenthood and their allies praised the initial indictments. The abortion-supportive members of the House Select Panel on Infant Lives have said that the indictments were reason to disband the committee entirely. The media gave a ton of attention to the indictments.
The journalists’ attorneys always said the charges were ridiculous, political, and unfounded. They also said the charges served to harass, intimidate and silence journalists and critics of abortion practices. In contrast to the initial indictments, when the charges were dropped, the media coverage was muted at best.
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