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Criminal

Sep. 6, 2019

Judge gets impatient with abortion procedure questions in criminal case

The judge handling criminal charges against two anti-abortion activists kept their attorneys on a tight leash Thursday when they tried to ask a longtime Planned Parenthood doctor about specific abortion procedures she handled during her career.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The judge handling criminal charges against two anti-abortion activists kept their attorneys on a tight leash Thursday when they tried to ask a longtime Planned Parenthood doctor about specific abortion procedures she handled during her career.

Defendants David R. Daleiden and Sandra S. Merritt face 14 felony counts of eavesdropping and recording conversations without the alleged victims' consent, along with a singl...

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