The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request by the anti-abortion Center for Medical Progress to block a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood alleging that the group violated the law by secretly taping its employees discussing the sale of fetal tissue, The Washington Examiner reported on Monday.
The Supreme Court, in declining to hear the case, upheld a federal appeals court’s ruling and allows the lawsuit to go forward in lower courts.
Planned Parenthood alleges that the conduct of the Center for Medical Progress broke numerous state laws, according to CNN, while the anti-abortion group argued that the suit, first brought in 2016, was barred by California's "anti-SLAPP" statute, which stands for strategic lawsuits against public participation.
But University of Texas School of Law Prof. Steve Vladeck, a CNN Supreme Court analyst, said "The Court of Appeals rejected that argument, holding that Planned Parenthood's claims were more than strong enough to overcome the anti-SLAPP statute, and allowing their case to go forward.”
The release of the Planned Parenthood videos, although not showing signs of criminal activity, caused an outcry among Republicans in Congress, The Hill reported.
They used the footage to open several congressional investigations and argued that Planned Parenthood should be defunded.
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