On February 5, 2016, Morrison & Foerster secured a preliminary injunction on behalf of its client, National Abortion Federation (“NAF”), in National Abortion Federation v. Center for Medical Progress. The firm’s work on this high-profile matter was recently featured in The New York Times and has been the subject of extensive media coverage. The case is at the center of a political firestorm that erupted last summer when a little-known anti-abortion group, Center for Medical Progress, released secretly recorded videotapes showing what the group claimed were physicians discussing the sale of fetal body parts for profit. Those allegations have subsequently been disproved. Twelve separate states have opened and closed investigations, finding no wrongdoing on the part of the physicians who were secretly taped, and in January the director of the anti-abortion group and one of his associates were indicted on felony charges in Texas for using fake drivers licenses to gain access to Planned Parenthood facilities. The preliminary injunction Morrison & Foerster secured on behalf of the Foundation represents the latest legal setback for Center for Medical Progress et al.
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