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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is defending a pro-life activist facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit and criminal prosecution after he blew the lid on Planned Parenthood's organ-harvesting operations.
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Free speech battles can make strange bedfellows. This month, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) joined with two other animal-rights groups in supporting pro-life undercover journalist David Daleiden, whose sting videos revealed Planned Parenthood officials’ attempts to sell aborted baby body parts. Planned Parenthood employees sued and a judge ordered Daleiden to pay them $15.8 million. Daleiden appealed, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals took up the case, and a broad array of advocacy groups and attorneys general have filed briefs in support of Daleiden.
PETA’s involvement may seem surprising, but the animal-rights groups rightly warn that the district court’s $15.8 million ruling against Daleiden endangers the freedom of speech. Animal-rights groups have long opposed agricultural-gag (or “ag-gag”) laws protecting the agriculture industry from investigative reporting aimed at exposing animal mistreatment. If Planned Parenthoo
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Judge allows Texas to remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid program
Thousands of Texans are slated to lose their health care provider after a Texas judge on Wednesday allowed the state to remove Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program.
Texas has long sought to ban Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions in Texas, from Medicaid. Medicaid funding does not cover abortions except in cases of rape or incest or when the woman’s life is at risk, due to the Hyde Amendment, dating back to 1976.
Several Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates sued the state last month for moving to ban Planned Parenthood from the program in light of a federal appeals court order in November allowing states to determine whether or not providers are qualified to participate in Medicaid.