SACRAMENTO — Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. on Thursday sued California-based anti-abortion activists, accusing them of conspiring to use heavily edited videos and deceptive practices to discredit the family planning services and abortion provider.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that the anti-abortion Center for Medical Progress and its representatives violated federal racketeering and various state laws. The nonprofit Center for Medical Progress last year posted online secretly recorded videos of Planned Parenthood doctors describing how clinics provide aborted fetal tissue for research—proof, the group’s leaders said, that Planned Parenthood was selling “baby parts” for a profit.
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