Center for Medical Progress
| Formation | March 7, 2013 |
|---|---|
| 46-2252984 | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California |
| Website | CenterforMedicalProgress.org |
The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) is an anti-abortion organization founded by David Daleiden in 2013.
CMP is best known for producing undercover recordings that prompted a controversy over Planned Parenthood in 2015. A biomedical research company, called Biomax Procurement Services, LLC which has been called a sham and fake company in the media was set up to provide cover for Daleiden and others to pose as buyers of fetal tissue, secretly recording the Planned Parenthood officials during meetings. The videos led anti-abortion politicians to request a criminal investigation of Planned Parenthood for allegedly profiting from the donation of fetal tissue. The full, unedited videos instead show Planned Parenthood requesting a reasonable fee to cover its costs, without any profit.
A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, took no action against Planned Parenthood and instead indicted Daleiden and a second CMP employee on felony charges of tampering with governmental records and attempting to purchase human organs. The charges were dropped six months later, but on March 28, 2017, Daleiden and Merritt were charged with 15 felonies in California – one for each of the people whom they had filmed without consent, and one for criminal conspiracy to invade privacy.
David Daleiden formed the Center for Medical Progress in 2013 after working for Live Action for five years. He was that organization’s director of research "during the early stages" of the project to make secret recordings of Planned Parenthood clinics. The CMP's board members include Daleiden, Troy Newman, and Albin Rhomberg, and they receive advice, consulting and funds from Operation Rescue. Their website initially described the organization as "dedicated to informing and educating both the lay public and the scientific community about the latest advances in regenerative medicine, cell-based therapies, and related disciplines." It was initially registered by Daleiden as a tax-exempt biomedicine charity, but after questions about the group's tax exempt status the organization's stated mission was changed to "a group of citizen journalists dedicated to monitoring and reporting on medical ethics and advances."
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