Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson came under fire from Life Legal and other pro-life organizations in January after she failed to file charges against Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC).
Videos released by David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress clearly show PPGC’s director of research, Melissa Farrell, discussing compensation for intact bodies and parts of aborted babies. In one video, Farrell says, “We had two levels of invoicing for [fetal specimens]. We had it worded as ‘per consent,’” which she defined as “paying for the specimen itself.” PPGC takes in over $24 million in annual revenue.
“District Attorneys have a great deal of latitude in how they conduct grand jury investigations and can readily obtain indictments in cases they want to prosecute,” notes Life Legal Defense Foundation Executive Director Alexandra Snyder. “It is famously said that prosecutors have so much influence over grand juries that they can get them to ‘indict a ham sandwich,’ yet DA Anderson refused to connect ...