California drops charges against anti-Planned Parenthood activist
A recent advancement in California involves the decision not to pursue prosecution against Anastasia Rogers, a protester who was arrested in December for posting a brief video criticizing Planned Parenthood. The charges were dropped after the court granted her a diversion program due to a deadlocked jury, and prosecutors announced they would no longer pursue the case. This decision highlights issues related to free speech and protest rights.
California gave up on prosecuting a protester for posting a video criticizing Planned Parenthood, the defendant’s activist group announced Wednesday.
A San Francisco County court dropped charges on Wednesday against Anastasia Rogers over the roughly 14-second Instagram video that got her arrested in December, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust said in a statement. The court granted Rogers a diversion program in June, which opened the possibility of the charges being dropped after jurors deadlocked in a trial weeks earlier, court records show.
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