Planned Parenthood filed suit today in federal court against the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), accusing the group of conducting “a complex criminal enterprise conceived and executed by anti-abortion extremists.”

Imagine embracing abortion as a cause, passionately supporting a so-called constitutional right that results in the death of a tiny human being whose existence is inconvenient. Now envision yourself advocating that the government force Americans, including pro-lifers, to pay for such deaths. It’s the difference between light and darkness, spiritual blindness and unscaled eyes.

Abortionists kill babies. They sell baby brains, hearts, livers, kidneys, and other body parts. They eat, drink, and joke about it.

No, let’s rewrite that: “Planned Parenthood medical personnel terminate pregnancies. They then perform a public service by making available for scientific research fetal organs otherwise heading to landfills. They work so hard that they have to seize time in restaurants to make sure those parts find their highest and best use.”

Shooting abortionists is wrong because God says, “You shall not murder.” Secondarily, it’s wrong pragmatically: Even a whiff of pro-life violence leads to more support for abortion.

According to a recent poll, 54 percent of Americans give Planned Parenthood a “mostly negative” rating after they hear details about the organization’s involvement in the trafficking of aborted babies’ body parts. The poll’s findings suggest learning “basic truths” about Planned Parenthood causes public opinion to “shift dramatically” against the nation’s leading abortion provider and could be a factor in next year’s presidential elections.

Next week, pro-life activist David Daleiden will go to court to defend his right to release undercover video footage taken at a national abortion conference. It’s a case his lawyers say could have broad implications for First Amendment protections for free speech and freedom of the press.