Two undercover anti-abortion filmmakers were indicted Monday, January 25 by a grand jury in Harris County, Texas, for their film on the alleged selling of aborted baby parts. The founder of the Center for Medical Progress, David Daleiden, was indicted for tampering with government records and a misdemeanor relating to the purchase of human organs, and employee Sandra Merritt was accused of on a charge of tampering with government records. The films, which were released in July 2015, showed  a planned parenthood official discussing fetal issue and the selling of aborted baby parts. In order to conduct his research, Daleiden created a fake biomedical research company, Biomax Procurement Services. His work prompted federal and state investigations, including an attempt to cut off taxpayer contributions to Planned Parenthood, the biggest provider of abortions.

Planned Parenthood officials were cleared of the charges, and are pursuing a lawsuit against the Center for Medical Progress and Biomax in California. Planned Parenthood continues to deny any wrong doings, claiming the videos to be “highly edited” work of “extremists.” “The issue of abortion is so complicated and so many people have different opinions, that I think it is really confusing. However, at the end of the day it’s never okay to falsify and allege things that are not true, especially when such allegations involve tampering with federal documents, the way Daleiden’s did,” says WHHS senior Nicole Loffredo. The fates of the two indicted filmmakers’ are now unknown, as they await trial.