Helen Christophi
Helen Christophi is a freelance journalist covering women, migration, and public health through a legal lens. She lives in Oakland, California. Follow her on Twitter.
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‘Devastating’: Ninth Circuit Court Greenlights Trump’s ‘Gag Rule’
In a scathing dissent, a Ninth Circuit judge accused the majority of kowtowing to the Trump administration and erasing decades of progress in family planning.
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Prominent Anti-Choice Group Aided Propaganda Campaign Against Planned Parenthood
Revelations that Americans United for Life gave extensive support to an anti-choice smear campaign comes after a jury awarded Planned Parenthood over $2.2 million in damages in its civil lawsuit against the Center for Medical Progress.
Did David Daleiden Know He Was Breaking the Law With His Anti-Choice Smear Campaign?
Anti-choice activist David Daleiden seemed to admit in court that he knew a previous attempt to go after Planned Parenthood with allegations of breaking fetal tissue procurement laws had been debunked.
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Anti-Choice Activist Takes Stand in Lawsuit Brought by Planned Parenthood (Updated)
Records read aloud in court indicate David Daleiden hoped to “ignite public outrage at Planned Parenthood” and “permanently destroy” Planned Parenthood's reputation.
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Anti-Choice Activist David Daleiden Gets Bad News in Court
A California judge on Tuesday said David Daleiden "was engaged in criminal activity irrespective of his journalistic status.”
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Witness Against Anti-Choice Activists Says She Was Harassed After Testifying
The witness had been surreptitiously filmed in 2015 by anti-choice activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt as part of a smear campaign against abortion providers and fetal tissue researchers.
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Architect of Planned Parenthood Smear Campaign Tries to Avoid Jury Trial
David Daleiden faces prison time if a judge greenlights a jury trial based on the footage from his 2015 propaganda videos targeting Planned Parenthood.
