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Down Syndrome Awareness Month and the slippery slope of abortion

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October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. As we close out the month, it is fitting to remind you that the monsters that run Planned Parenthood and their rabid supporters want the right to kill babies that have been diagnosed with down syndrome.

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky has asked a federal judge to throw out abortion restrictions signed this year by Gov. Mike Pence that were blocked from taking effect July 1.

Judge Tanya Walton Pratt issued an injunction in June that stayed enforcement of House Enrolled Act 1337. The law would have mandated disposal of an aborted fetus only through burial or cremation and prohibited abortions because of genetic abnormality, race, sex or ancestry. The law also mandated abortion providers inform patients of anti-discrimination provisions and what they prohibited.

Planned Parenthood moved for summary judgment in its favor Tuesday in Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc., et al. v. Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health, 1:16-cv-00763, arguing the statute’s provisions are unconstitutional.

(click here to read the article on TheIndianaLawyer.com)

Oh, and don’t forget that your Democratic Presidential nominee supports the “right” to chop up babies because they have down syndrome:

“I will defend a woman’s right to make her own health-care decisions,” Clinton said to a few hundred supporters packed into a sweltering recreation center. “I’ll tell ya, I’ll defend Planned Parenthood against these attacks. And I commend the women of this state, young and old, for standing up against this governor and this legislature.”

(click here to read the article at WashingtonPost.com)

It’s sickening that she won’t defend the defenseless.

If you agree with the monsters at Planned Parenthood and Hillary Clinton, wait until they find that elusive LGBT gene. Or maybe a future mother doesn’t like left handed people. Or red hair. Or freckles. The so-called “slippery-slope” has crashed into the bottom of the abyss.

Fortunately, not everyone is a monster.

 

Thank You, Devon Anderson!

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Bonnie Lugo, President of the Daughters of Liberty, asked me to speak to the DOLs during their April meeting to discuss the prosecution of anti-abortion activists, David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. Bonnie and I discussed the issue at the Downtown Pachyderm over the last few months and she was familiar with my quest to obtain the names of Mary Lou Keel’s grand jurors – the grand jury that indicted David and Sandra and failed to even contemplate an indictment against Planned Parenthood.

Keel, a candidate for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, visited the Downtown Pachyderm during the primary and again a few weeks ago to promote her candidacy in the runoff election. On both occasions, I asked Keel about releasing the names of her grand jurors. That led to Bonnie, a former grand juror, and I discussing Keel’s poor answers and the tragedy of these indictments. Of course, it was an honor to be invited to speak to the DOLs.

Immediately after my appearance was announced, Devon Anderson attempted to persuade the DOLs into canceling my appearance.  I encourage you to take a minute to think about why the District Attorney herself would put so much effort into canceling my appearance before a local Republican women’s group. Devon’s attack against my appearance was peculiar, especially considering that the focus of my discussion with Bonnie and my last article was about Mary Lou Keel’s grand jury.

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Bonnie Lugo President of the Daughter’s of Liberty

Devon tried everything she could to cancel my appearance.  She threatened the DOLs on county time and offered herself as a replacement speaker claiming that she is the only person who can discuss the Planned Parenthood investigation. The funny thing is that she, as the elected district attorney prosecuting David and Sandra, is someone who is barred from speaking publicly on the facts of this investigation. Read Rule 3.07 of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. I knew Bonnie would have a large turnout thanks to Devon’s efforts. She did.

Devon and her surrogates involved Texas Federation of Republican Women President Theresa Kosmoski and attempted to argue that the DOLs could lose their affiliation with TFRW. It was obvious that Devon was scared about what I would say to the DOLs and I could not help but think that something interesting was about to happen with the case.

Not long after Devon began to attempt to cancel my DOL appearance, David Daleiden’s counsel filed a Motion to Quash the indictments in both of his cases: tampering with a governmental record, a second degree felony, and attempting to purchase fetal body parts, a class A misdemeanor. While these virtually identical motions to quash were filled with interesting information, Exhibit C made me realize exactly why Devon did not want me to speak to the DOLs.

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Peter Breen and Briscoe Cain Daleiden’s Attorney’s

Exhibit C is a showstopper. It is an email chain starting with an attorney named Murphy Klasing to Harris County Assistant District Attorney Anshu “Sunni” Mitchell – the same prosecutor who handled the no bill of Dr. Douglas Karpen in 2013. In his email, Mr. Klasing tells Ms. Mitchell that “someone from the DA’s office turned over this information [videos] to NAF [National Abortion Federation].” It is important to understand that when David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress released the now infamous Planned Parenthood videos, NAF immediately went to the California courts to stop the release of these videos. NAF is a legal organization that defends abortionists. NAF was successful in the California courts in obtaining a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress, which prevented the dissemination of the Planned Parenthood videos.

Ms. Mitchell replied that she would return the flash drives to Mr. Klasing. Then came the kicker from Ms. Mitchell: “Additionally, you will recall that Melissa Hervey had notified you that we were providing copies of what you had given us to both Josh Schaffer and Randy Schaffer; therefore, you will need to contact them to obtain those copies as well.”

This email exchange is important for a number of reasons. First, why was the prosecutor sharing evidence produced by David with Planned Parenthood? On August 5, 2015, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick called for an investigation of Planned Parenthood – not an investigation of David and Sandra. Second, this exchange occurs before David appeared before Keel’s grand jury on January 14. This email exchange makes it clear that David is the target of the grand jury. So, why wasn’t he given a target letter when he appeared before the grand jury, which would have advised him of his legal rights? Third, who shared David’s videos with NAF?

The motion to quash held another curious piece of information – the prosecutors drafted the extension order for Mary Lou Keel to sign in December 2015, after the filing deadline. Again, the filing deadline is crucial because I guarantee that Devon Anderson would have been faced with multiple legitimate opponents if the indictments of David and Sandra had been released before the filing deadline. Instead, Devon and her prosecutors had the opportunity to present this investigation to five different grand juries in August and September and five grand juries, including Keel’s, in October – December. Then, beginning in January 2016, five new grand juries were empaneled. So, why was it so imperative that Keel’s grand jury be extended to 2016? So to be real clear, Devon had the option at this point to present this case to 15 different grand juries.  She wanted Keel’s real bad and for a reason.

Now, if you have been following my posts about Keel, you would know that I asked her about this extension in her two appearances before the Downtown Pachyderm. I specifically asked her why her grand jury was extended and she said that she “didn’t know.” Let’s think about that. Keel wants to serve on the highest criminal court in our state and she doesn’t know why she extended a grand jury, which is an extraordinary event. This is why I am voting for Ray Wheless in the runoff election.

Once again, Devon Anderson’s dirty laundry is spilling out for everyone to see. It also explains why Devon did not want me talking to the Daughters of Liberty. The District Attorney knew I would read the motion to quash and talk about it. Devon can try to explain away a lot of things but it is impossible to provide a rational explanation as to why her office gave the videos to Planned Parenthood’s lawyers.

Another subject Devon cannot explain away is why she did not immunize both David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. If Devon is pro-life, why would she not simply grant them immunity from prosecution before they ever testified before the grand jury? Reading Sunni Mitchell’s email to David’s civil lawyer would have alarmed any criminal lawyer. The evidence is clear that Devon set them up to be indicted. The only thing she needed to do to pull it off was to wait until after the filing deadline against her, extend the Keel grand jury, and BAM, instant pro-choice votes for the general election.

As you know, I have been asking for the names of the grand jurors who indicted David and Sandra. Let’s just say that this is really a small town and it is possible that biased individuals controlled this grand jury. David and Sandra deserve to know the names of these grand jurors. Keel has ordered that these names remain under seal. How do we know that the President of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast was not the foreman of the grand jury? I believe Keel’s order is wrong; but, being smarter than the average bear, I asked for the panel of jurors sent to Keel’s court when the grand jury was selected. This request was made to the Harris County District Clerk, Chris Daniel. Instead of producing these names, the Harris County Attorney, on behalf of Chris Daniel, asked the Texas Attorney General for an opinion on the issue. So, the issue currently rests with Ken Paxton – a man who certainly knows a thing or two about grand juries.

If you have been a long time Big Jolly reader, you know that this is not the first time Anderson has misused her office for political purposes. Last Friday was no different when David Daleiden appeared in court before District Judge Brock Thomas, Devon’s former law partner. I was thankful to meet up with David and some of his legal team for coffee after the court appearance. Judge Thomas set the Motion to Quash hearing on May 25 – the day after Keel’s runoff election.

Right now, David and Sandra need our prayers to overcome the corrupt system of justice in Harris County.

I will be speaking again on the Planned Parenthood saga on May 19 at the Spring Tea Party.

Harris County DA Devon Anderson has a problem with free speech

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So you’re the District Attorney of the largest county in Texas. Big job. Lots and lots to do putting murderers on death row, solving rape cases, thwarting drug cartels, etc. Unless you happen to be the current occupant of the job, Devon Anderson. If you are Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson, you spend your time trying to shut down a fellow Republican scheduled to speak at a Harris County Republican Club.

Hey, what can I say? Truth is stranger than fiction.

Fellow BJP contributor Don Hooper was asked to speak at the Daughters of Liberty’s April meeting about the pro-life issue. In case you don’t know, that issue is the driving issue for Don’s political involvement through the years. So, naturally, he accepted.

Oh my, you would have thought that the DOL asked Hillary Clinton to speak the way DA Anderson reacted. First her consultant, an associate at Blakemore and Associates, tried to get the club president, Bonnie Lugo, to rescind the invitation. When that didn’t work, Ms. Anderson’s sister-in-law tried to get Ms. Lugo to rescind the invitation. When that didn’t work, DA Anderson herself stepped in and tried to pressure Ms. Lugo into rescinding the invitation via email and voicemail (which I’ve seen and heard). When her pressure on Ms. Lugo didn’t work, DA Anderson went so far as to send emails to the members and directors of the DOL critical of Ms. Lugo’s decision to invite Hooper and threatening to have the Texas Federation of Republican Women revoke the DOL’s status as an auxiliary. You know, throw a little elected official weight around.

It almost worked. A couple of members of the DOL board bought into DA Anderson’s story and went so far as to call a board meeting to try and overturn the invite.

A funny thing happened during that meeting.

Ms. Lugo laid out the cards and it turns out that the Daughters of Liberty’s board decided they wanted to hear what Hooper had to say. They went so far as to send a letter to their members about it:

DOL Board of Director’s Response 4-12-2016

Oops.

DA Anderson made inaccurate statements about Hooper’s invitation and provided “evidence” that didn’t add up? Say it ain’t so!!

But, honestly, it sounds typical of the Harris County DA’s office under Anderson’s direction, doesn’t it?

You know, like colluding with Planned Parenthood to charge a couple of do-gooders who were trying to expose the horrific trade in aborted baby’s body parts? Instead of, you know, presenting evidence to the grand jury about the horrific practices that the do-gooders exposed?

Truth is, DA Anderson doesn’t like Hooper because he occasionally writes things about her that are true. Uncomfortable but true. Damaging to her ego but true. Things she’d rather not have the public know about but true. Notice the common denominator – truth.

If I were you and wanted to know why DA Anderson tried to bully the women of the Daughters of Liberty, I’d go to Thursday night’s meeting and see what Hooper has to say. Whatever it is, it will be true.

And that, apparently, won’t go well for DA Anderson.

Here is the official invite – you can save a few bucks by RSVP’ing and paying online. I get a feeling that this is going to be standing room only. Sorta, kinda, the opposite of what DA Anderson wanted.

daughters of liberty invite don hooper

Don’t forget to RSVP now for the discount. Click here to reserve your seat.

Why Jared Woodfill should remove himself from the Planned Parenthood case—and drop out of the RPT Chair race

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You may want to stop reading right now if you plan to vote for Jared Woodfill for Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. If you’re willing to stay with me on this and agree Mr. Woodfill—IMHO—should be asked some very tough questions, be asked if he should continue to represent David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt for their involvement in the Planned Parenthood investigation,—-

and be asked if misrepresenting facts to a Family Law Court qualify him to be elected Chairman—then you might wish to read some documents filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

It seems Mr. Woodfill cannot provide an explanation of funds discrepancies between ledgers & bank statements of the Woodfill Law Firm—(see pages 40 & 45 for highlighted text): Castillio Woodfill Priority 4

The Court finds that there are at least $140,449.36 of funds for which WLF has failed to provide an explanation or has been overpaid. The $140,449.36 is comprised of the following amounts:

  • $25,000.00 (amount required to be paid to Stewart & Hurst per Rule 11 Agreement, but was not paid)
  • $18,562.50 (amount overpaid due to errors set forth in June 30, 2014 invoice)
  • $64,808.33 (difference between IOLTA Bank Statement and IOLTA Ledger as of September 24, 2014)
  • $32,078.53 (difference between IOLTA Bank Statement and IOLTA Ledger as of September 30, 2014)

It seems Mr. Woodfill and an employee of the Woodlfill Law Firm acting on his behalf misrepresented to the Family Law Court that the Woodfill Law Firm was owed attorney’s fees when in fact it was not.

Thus, Woodfill, on behalf of WLF, misrepresented to the Family Law Court that WLF was due a higher amount of attorneys’ fees than what was actually owed. The misrepresentation was material: he overstated the past due amount by $46,701.47.

It seems a Settlement Agreement requires Jared Woodfill to pay a bankruptcy trustee the sum of $135,000 pursuant to the following payment schedule: (see pages 4 & 5) Woodfill settlment agreement

  1. $25,000.00 within 15 days after the Settlement Agreement is Approved by the Bankruptcy Court
  2. $20,000.00 on or before March 31,2016
  3. $20,000.00 on or before June 30,2016
  4. $20,000.00 on or before September 30,2016
  5. $20,000.00 on or before December 31,2016
  6. $15,000.00 on or before March 31,2017
  7. $15,00.00 on or before June 30,20l7

And it seems the settlement agreement does NOT release Woodfill from any malpractice claim his client (or perhaps soon to be former client) may have against him.

When will this be in front of a grand jury?

Do David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt have any idea they’re entrusting themselves, their families and their future to an attorney found by a judge to have provided material misrepresentations to a Court and could be sued for malpractice by a former client?

Texas taxpayer funds used to purchase body parts from Planned Parenthood

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Hard to believe this information hasn’t been found until now. Thanks to Greg Aydt over at RhymesWithRight for thinking of using the Texas Public Information Act to uncover the fact that four universities are purchasing fetal body tissue (parts ripped from babies) with taxpayer funds.

Well the first part is easy. Dr. Regan Theiler is an abortionist. What’s more, she was formerly the medical director for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. And before that, she was a faculty member at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas — and also a part-time employee of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, which is headquartered in Houston.

You might wonder why any of this is worth my blogging about. After all, there are any number of doctors who are involved with the bloody business of infanticide in utero. But when you have a public employee moonlighting for America’s largest abortion provider AND being the person in charge of signing off on payments to her second employer under a sole source contract, that should raise some eyebrows.

Yeah, you read that right — while working for a UTMB, she was in charge of seeing that said UTMB was making payments to Planned Parenthood while she getting paid by Planned Parenthood. I don’t care what your position is on the legal or ethical implications of the latter-day slaughter of the innocents perpetrated since the Supreme Court created a constitutional right to abortion in Roe v. Wade — that ought to be viewed as highly suspicious. Especially since after authorizing over $10,000 in payments to her second employer, she began employment in a senior position with another Planned Parenthood affiliate.

(click here to read Who Is Regan Theiler And Why Was She Allowed To Spend Public Funds On A Sole Source Contract For Her Part-Time Employer?)

As Greg says, regardless of your position on abortion, the fact that an individual working for the state full time can approve payments to her part-time employer is troubling.

If you read his post, he provides a sampling of what is to come with scanned copies of his findings. More of these findings will be revealed to day at 1:00 pm at a press conference in front of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Houston.

New Evidence of Houston Planned Parenthood Wrongdoing Revealed in Financial Documents

Records obtained from four Texas universities reveal that fetal tissue was being purchased for medical research.

The purpose of releasing these documents is to shed light on previously unseen evidence of criminal activity by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast and to publicly release for the first time financial documents exposing the practice of purchasing aborted fetal tissue by Texas medical schools. We expect this to be key evidence used by the State of Texas as they continue their investigation of Planned Parenthood’s activities.

These records, some of which will be released today, are comprised of invoices and emails that show the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas and Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso have purchased fetal thymus, liver, spleen, brain and lung for conducting medical research.

The most troubling invoices are those between Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast located in Houston and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. “These invoices show Planned Parenthood selling human tissue to a Texas medical school. The abortion industry usually sells fetal tissue to a middle man. This is the only instance we’ve uncovered where Planned Parenthood directly sold tissue to a publicly funded research institution,” explained Briscoe Cain, the Texas Legal Counsel for Operation Rescue, whose President Troy Newman also sits on the board of the Center for Medical Progress, the group behind the release of the videos exposing Planned Parenthood for selling aborted fetal tissue.

The invoices appear to throw water on Planned Parenthood’s claim that they do not profit from the sale of fetal tissue, but only make enough to cover their costs. The totals on the UTMB invoices are divided into two categories, the first is ether described as an administrative fee or reimbursement expense, which if true is legal under federal law, while the second is coded as Consent Payment, which depending on the meaning could equal profit—which is illegal.

“Fetal Tissue must be obtained by consent before it goes to a research entity,” said Cain.

“The amount charged per consent differs from invoice to invoice, even when the invoices purport to be for the same billing period. The meaning of the phrase ‘consent payment’ can only be inferred from circumstantial evidence. One way to determine the meaning is to listen to the Center for Medical Progress video taken at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast,” said Cain.

Melissa Farrell, whose signature appears on the UTMB invoices is the Director of Research for Planned Parenthood and is featured in the undercover video taken at the Houston abortion clinic. In reference to consent payment, Farrell said, “I think it’s paying for the specimen itself.”

“Melissa Farrell’s statement suggests that ‘consent payment’ is code for payment received for each baby part sold,” explained Cain. 

Regarding the meaning of Consent Payment, David Daleiden, who was recently indicted by a Harris County grand jury had this to say: “Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast’s Director of Research, Melissa Farrell, has overseen their program selling aborted fetal parts over the past 10 years. Farrell admitted on camera to undercover investigators that PPGC words the per-specimen charges for fetal specimens as “per consent” in order to “frame” the project budget in a way that will look legal “on paper.” Whether the “consent fee” for fetal tissue is $25 or $150, it is completely outside the letter and spirit of Texas Penal Code 48.02. Farrell even suggests that a “per consent” payment can accommodate situations where a fetal specimen is unusable so a buyer would not pay for low-quality fetal parts–a clear admission that the payments are based on market value of the fetal specimens, not on reimbursement of actual costs. Now, Texas taxpayers can see the illegal proxy payments for fetal specimens on PPGC’s own invoices to UT Medical Branch, which inexplicably jumped from $25 per specimen to $150 per specimen over the course of one year. Governor Abbott and Attorney General Paxton must hold Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast accountable for their flagrant violation of the Texas Penal Code and their abuse of Texas taxpayers’ dollars.” 

“Texas tax payers should be upset. The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston purchased aborted tissue as recently as July 2015. Not only do tax dollars fund Planned Parenthood who sells the body parts, tax dollars go to four of the universities that we know have purchased fetal tissue,” said Cain.

Harris County DA Devon Anderson can try to spin her debacle surrounding the undercover videos all she wants but the fact is that Planned Parenthood is in the business of selling baby parts. Parts of human beings harvested in the most violent ways possible.

She thinks that charging people exposing this brutality will help her win election in November.

Let’s prove her wrong. Chopping up little humans and selling their body parts should be unacceptable in any society and those protecting the practice have no business in public office.

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The stench of Devon Anderson's politics

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Devon Anderson inconvenient truth

Having paid close attention to politics and politicians for many years, I rarely get disgusted with a politician’s actions. But the thirst for power displayed by Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson through the years is both disgusting and astounding. Disgusting because of the fallout from her quest for power and astounding that Harris County Republican Party leaders and voters give her a pass on her actions.

Don Hooper has pointed out most of these actions in this post. And he’ll be doing a follow up with a few names behind the scenes. Such as using the same prosecutor who used a grand jury to no bill Dr. Douglas Karpen. Or having her office collaborate with the Planned Parenthood attorney. Or blaming the grand jury instead of taking responsibility for what her prosecutors presented as evidence to that grand jury.

No one who has watched the full versions of the videos that David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt produced can reasonably say that representatives of Planned Parenthood did not do exactly what the now indicted pair say they did. You can watch those full versions by clicking here – yes, it takes a lot of time but then you’ll know the truth. And the truth is that the “cut” or “short” versions of those videos are not deceptive or misleading.

But Devon Anderson knows full well the possibility of losing an election in Harris County during a presidential election year. She was a “victim” of the Obama voter wave in 2008, losing her job as judge of the 177th District Court. She fully understands that she is going to need Democratic voters to cross over and vote for her. She knows full well that without positive press, that won’t happen.

So let’s take a look at the press she’s getting today.

Columnist Lisa Falkenberg in the Houston Chronicle:

This isn’t the first time Anderson has made a tough choice. Under pressure from the police union to retry Alfred Dewayne Brown in a Houston police officer’s callous murder, Anderson decided last year there wasn’t sufficient evidence, and Brown went free.

Anderson has recently implemented reforms, including expanded diversions for first-time offenders, and spoke out in favor of a controversial idea to allow defense attorneys at probable cause hearings.

We know now that Daleiden is a fake, a phony. And so are politicians who find it politically expedient to pretend he’s not.

Devon Anderson, meanwhile, might just be the real thing.

From Paul Weber’s AP report titled Houston Prosecutor Has Angered Anti-Abortion Groups Before:

Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson, a Republican originally appointed by former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, is now watching her party fume after she announced a grand jury cleared Planned Parenthood of misusing fetal tissue — and instead indicted the makers of undercover video widely embraced by the GOP. But those who know the former judge say she is no ideologue and won’t buckle to politics.

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“It’s really proof that she is out to do a job and not score political points,” said Gene Wu, a former Harris County prosecutor who is now a Democratic state lawmaker. “Because those things don’t pan out politically. If you’re a Republican and trying to give people a second chance on marijuana, I don’t think that sells very well on the Republican side.”

Brian Rogers’ report in the Houston Chronicle titled DA denies politics played role in Planned Parenthood case is full of truth about what really happened here.

“If anything, it kind of helps her in the long run, because it presents her as a more neutral actor who is willing to follow the law even if it has a potential adverse affect on her standing in the Republican party,” said Rice University political scientist Mark Jones.

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Because the issue of abortion is so politically charged, experts said, Anderson likely would have drawn a primary opponent had the indictment been handed down last year.

“This indictment would definitely have invited a Republican challenge,” Jones said. “The question would have been whether that challenge would have been by a credible candidate. This would not have been something that you would have wanted to do at any time in the fall.”

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On Tuesday, politicians on both sides of the issue wanted to look past Anderson and instead lay the decision at the feet of the grand jury, a group of 12 people who meet behind closed doors shielded by laws making it illegal to reveal their secret proceedings.

Typically, grand juries are rubber stamps for more than 100,000 felonies filed in Harris County every year.

That last line from Rogers’ article is key to understanding the process. As the old saying goes, a prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich if they want to. It all depends upon the evidence given to the grand jury and how the evidence was presented. For Anderson to blame the grand jury is simply nonsense. She is quoted as saying “The inconvenient truth of a criminal investigation is that it doesn’t always lead where you want to go.” While that may be true it is also true that the inconvenient truth of her actions in this case will result in more brutal abortion procedures by Planned Parenthood.

Harris County Republican Party leaders are also responsible for this mess. They are the ones that encouraged Gov. Rick Perry to appoint her after her husband died. They are the ones that persuaded people not to run against her because “we need the female vote”. They were the ones telling voters that she was the “real deal” when those of who knew better warned people. Heck, current Harris County Republican Party Chair Paul Simpson sent out a press release yesterday blaming abortion law instead of placing it squarely where it belongs. He’s up for re-election, you know.

And to further the disgust in this case, former Harris County Republican Party Chair Jared Woodfill, a plaintiff’s attorney, has announced that he is representing the defendants. That’s right, the defendants have placed their lives in the hands of a man with no criminal law experience (search the District Clerk’s website with Woodfill’s bar number 00788715). My guess is that they want to use this as a platform for their issue. That is a huge mistake and only reinforces the idea that the entire movement is a farce. Woodfill is now attacking Anderson in the press which is completely hypocritical considering that he is the one that presented her to the HCRP Executive Committee as “the one”.

Like I said I’m disgusted by this entire case and by the politics of a woman who will do anything to remain in office. Don’t bother trying to convince me that the Democrat running against her in November could be worse.

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