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In California Superior Court on Feb. 21, David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were arraigned on 10 felony counts including criminal eavesdropping and falsification of documents. They pleaded not guilty to nine and are appealing the 10th count. This comes on top of a November federal jury's award to Planned Parenthood of more than $2 million against the investigators of the trafficking aborted baby parts.

The prayer vigil outside of Planned Parenthood clinics begins Ash Wednesday in Redwood City and in San Francisco.

Appalling miscarriage of justice today as a federal jury in San Francisco awarded Planned Parenthood millions in damages after the abortion giant’s role in alleged aborted baby parts trafficking was exposed in 2015 Center for Medical Progress undercover videos.  

The defense finishes its closing arguments. At 11:00 a.m., the jury is given its final instructions by the judge and departs the courtroom to begin deliberating.

Jury instructions, Prosecution closing arguments, Defense closing arguments begun -- to continue November 13.

With the jury absent, Thursday and Friday are devoted to a conference on Jury Instructions between Judge Orrick and attorneys for both sides.

The defense rests its case, and the judge sends the jury home, with instructions to return on November 12.

The plaintiffs rest their case, and the jury is told that tomorrow may be the last round of witnesses and evidence.

Plaintiff had hoped to prove a liability of $14 to $20 million, but their target has shrunk to a small fraction of that. Today with charts and graphs they illustrated every dollar of their reduced claim.

The contradiction of the abortion industry: The fetus is essential to its business but has no value in itself.

Planned Parenthood's attorney calls it "the enormity of abortion." And Joe Scheidler, '"Racketeer for Life", is in the gallery.

What has happened thus far? What can we expect now? A talk with the Executive Director of Life Legal Defense Foundation, Alexandra Snyder, J.D.

While we wait for court to reconvene: A comprehensive mid-trial story from the National Catholic Register.

David Daleiden tells his personal story; and court is adjourned until Thursday October 31

Daleiden’s attorneys are ecstatic about his performance as a witness and about what the jury saw.

David Daleiden takes the stand for the first time in the Planned Parenthood civil trial.

COO of plaintiff Planned Parenthood says that he is saddened by the money being spent on this trial.