DA opens criminal investigation into Houston Planned Parenthood clinic

Trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com reports: The Harris County District Attorney’s office announced Wednesday that it would open a criminal investigation into the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Houston. The investigation, which was ordered at the request of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, comes just one day after the release of an undercover video taken from within the clinic showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing aborted fetal tissue donation. “It is not clear at this time what, if any, crimes have been committed at the Gulf Coast facility,” Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said. “That is why I am initiating this investigation.” Anderson’s office hopes to collaborate with the Texas Rangers and the Houston Police Department on the investigation. The first step, Anderson said, was to obtain a copy of the unedited video. “I want to assure everyone in Houston that I will use every resource allocated to this office to conduct a thorough investigation and should we find that laws were broken, we will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law,” Anderson said. The heavily edited 15-minute video–and accompanying 119 page “full transcript”–released Tuesday is the fifth released by The Center for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion group aiming to take down Planned Parenthood...