California Passes Planned Parenthood-Backed Bill Criminalizing Health Care Sting Videos
(CNSNews.com) – The California Legislature passed a controversial bill Wednesday which creates a new crime by criminalizing the distribution of secret recordings of confidential communication with a health care provider.
The bill [1] defines confidential communication as “any communication carried on in circumstances that reasonably indicate that any party to the communication desires it to be confined to the parties thereto.” It is already illegal in California to make recordings without the consent of all parties.
The bill was strongly advocated by Planned Parenthood following a series of undercover videos released last summer by theCenter for Medical Progress [2], which claimed that the organization was unlawfully trafficking in fetal tissue.
The bill now heads to the desk of California Gov. Jerry Brown, who has 30 days to act on it.
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