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@AdamCrigler Context Check: https://x.com/adamcrigler/status/1815962854329086131

2 years ago

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TWITTER.COM

The claims made in the tweet image are: two undercover journalists exposed that Planned Parenthood was selling aborted baby body parts, the California Attorney General prosecuted the journalists while protecting Planned Parenthood, and the Attorney General at the time was Kamala Harris. The first claim about Planned Parenthood selling aborted baby body parts stems from a series of undercover videos released by anti-abortion activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt in 2015. These videos were heavily edited and led to widespread controversy and multiple investigations. According to The Washington Post and CNN, the videos showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the legal and consensual donation of fetal tissue, not the illegal sale of body parts. Multiple state investigations, including one by the California Department of Justice, found no evidence of wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood (Oversight Democrats). The second claim about the prosecution of the journalists is accurate. Kamala Harris, as California Attorney General, did prosecute Daleiden and Merritt, but the charges were related to their use of fake IDs and illegal recording, not the content of their videos (Politico, Snopes). The third claim that Kamala Harris was the Attorney General at the time is also correct; she served as California's Attorney General from 2011 to 2017. Therefore, while the tweet contains elements of truth, it omits critical context and presents a misleading narrative about the nature of the investigations and prosecutions involved.