Media Matters and a coalition of activists, leaders, and advocates are calling on the media to stop enabling the attacks of the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) against Planned Parenthood and legal access to abortion and reproductive health care. The below letter details lapses in the coverage of CMP's David Daleiden and his accomplice Sandra Merritt, who were both recently indicted.
The signatories are: ColorOfChange, Courage Campaign, Feminist Majority Foundation, Feminist Weekly, League of United Latin American Citizens, Media Matters for America, National Advocates for Pregnant Women, National Institute for Reproductive Health, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, National LGBTQ Task Force, National Network of Abortion Funds, National Organization for Women, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Physicians for Reproductive Health, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Reproaction, The Sea Change Program, UltraViolet, Women, Action, & the Media, and Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press.