Here’s an interesting development in the story of the Center for Medical Progress, the deceptive far right anti-choice group now being sued by both the National Abortion Federation and Planned Parenthood.

Troy Newman, the head of extreme anti-choice organization Operation Rescue, who believes murdering doctors who perform abortions is “justifiable” and who was recently deported from Australia, has quietly stepped down from the board of directors of the Center for Medical Progress.

The first indication of this move was in an article at Glenn Beck’s The Blaze, with an update that referred to Newman as a “former board member for the Center for Medical Progress.”

Media Matters reported yesterday that Newman’s bio on the Operation Rescue website still had him listed as a board member of CMP:

Troy is the current co-host of Life Talk, a monthly video magazine. He also serves on the board for a number of pro-life groups, including for the Center for Medical Progress, the organization that has made headlines with its hard-hitting videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s participation in the illegal trafficking of fetal remains.

(The last part of that section is completely false, of course.)

But today, when I checked the bio page at Operation Rescue, I found it had been changed:

Troy serves on boards for a number of pro-life groups and was a founding board member for the Center for Medical Progress, the organization that has made headlines with its hard-hitting videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s participation in the illegal trafficking of fetal remains.

So that seals it; he either resigned or was fired from the CMP board of directors. Rats deserting a sinking ship?