Anti-choice extremists get hit with judgement for harming Planned Parenthood

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Some good news

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A federal jury found an anti-abortion cohort led by David Daleiden caused substantial harm to Planned Parenthood by infiltrating abortion industry conferences to secretly tape abortion doctors and staff – and awarded punitive damages of $870,000.

The jury also awarded Planned Parenthood and several affiliates roughly $478,000 in compensation for security costs and changes to their vetting procedures. They found the defendants had also conspired to violate the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, which triples the compensatory damages.

Taking this into consideration, Planned Parenthood is looking at a $2.275 million verdict, which Daleiden’s lawyer Peter Breen said he will challenge on First Amendment grounds, noting that the compensatory damages stem from the publication of the videos.

In another blow for Daleiden and his organization Friday, a Ninth Circuit panel refused to disturb a federal judge’s order blocking any further publication of recordings by the group.

Hopefully Daleiden gets told to go fuck himself on appeal.