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The Daily Signal
Forensic
Analysis: Planned Parenthood Videos Are ‘Authentic’
Kate Scanlon
September 29, 2015
A forensic analysis of undercover videos about Planned Parenthood’s
abortion practices are “authentic and show no evidence of manipulation
or editing,” according to a report released Tuesday by Alliance
Defending Freedom.
The analysis was completed by Coalfire, a digital security and
forensics firm that has worked on civil and criminal investigations.
The firm had access to all audio and video investigative footage
recorded by the Center for Medical Progress.
“The Coalfire forensic analysis removes any doubt that the full length
undercover videos released by Center for Medical Progress are authentic
and have not been manipulated,” said Casey Mattox, senior counsel at
Alliance Defending Freedom. “Analysts scrutinized every second of video
recorded during the investigation and released by CMP to date and found
only bathroom breaks and other non-pertinent footage had been removed.”
According to the report, the videos only omit footage irrelevant to the
allegations such as bathroom breaks.
“Planned Parenthood can no longer hide behind a smokescreen of false
accusations,” Mattox said, “and should now answer for what appear to be
the very real crimes revealed by the CMP investigation.”
“American taxpayer money should be redirected to fund local community
health centers and not subsidize a scandal-ridden, billion-dollar
abortion business,” Kerri Kupec, legal communications director for
Alliance Defending Freedom said in a statement.
“Planned Parenthood is an organization that cares about one thing:
making a profit at the expense of women’s health,” she added. “The
investigative videos, whose authenticity was confirmed by the report,
show that Planned Parenthood is an abortion-machine whose top
executives and doctors haggle and joke about the harvesting and selling
of baby body parts. Women deserve far better.”
Spokespersons for Planned Parenthood have denied illegal conduct. Last
month, the organization commissioned their own analysis of the videos
which claimed that the “edited” videos “have no evidentiary value in a
legal context and cannot be relied upon for any official inquiries.”
The Daily Signal previously reported that the firm hired by Planned
Parenthood, Fusion GPS, has ties to the Democratic Party, including an
effort to expose a group of eight private citizens who donated to a
super PAC supporting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s 2012
presidential campaign.
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