A Texas district judge, on Tuesday July 26, tossed out the last remaining charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, the anti-abortion activists whose undercover video last August accused Planned Parenthood of trafficking in fetal tissue.
The Sun Sentinel reports:
Their video sparked a Texas grand jury investigation into Planned Parenthood’s practices, but that same investigation instead led to the activists’ felony indictment—for going undercover with forged IDs.
In a statement, Deleiden, who considers the charges “politically motivated,” celebrates the DA’s decision to dismiss the charges, hoping that more attention will now shift back to the intended focus of scrutiny.
“[T]he ongoing nationwide investigation of Planned Parenthood by the House Select Investigative Panel makes clear that Planned Parenthood is the guilty party in the harvesting and trafficking of baby body parts for profit,” he said.
