Quote:California lawmakers have OK'd a Planned Parenthood-backed bill that creates new penalties for distributing secret recordings of discussions with health providers – but civil rights and media advocates say the measure goes too far.

The bill, which passed Friday and now goes to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, targets activists such as the Center for Medical Progress -- which last year released secretly recorded videos purportedly showing activists discussing the purchase of aborted fetal body parts with Planned Parenthood representatives.

The videos, while criticized for selective editing, sparked significant outrage among Republicans who called for the organization to be defunded.

Recording and distributing a “confidential communication” without consent already is a crime under California law. However, the new bill adds an additional layer of penalties -- including additional fines and up to a year in prison -- specifically for recording a conversation with a health care provider.

Planned Parenthood supported the bill and said that in light of the videos, it had seen a nine-fold increase in violence against its facilities.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/...ornia.html

I'm against violence against PP facilities.

I'm also against 'additional' fines like this for something not related to privacy or medical decision making.

The sale of aborted fetal body parts isn't related to any identifiable person's healthcare... and likely that conversation isn't taking place with anyone who is an actual health care provider... certainly not to the fetus... but instead to someone acting as an administrator... whether or not they also have any clinical duties.