The anti-choice fanatics associated with video fraudster David Daleiden are now trying to get access to the personal information of employees, scientists and researchers at the University of Washington’s Birth Defects Research Laboratory, because their work involves fetal tissue.

Thankfully, a federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order to stop these nut cases for now.

But it isn’t over yet.

People need to realize that this is a deliberate harassment tactic by the anti-choice religious right, designed to intimidate and terrorize people who are trying to do work that benefits humanity by advancing scientific research into genetic and other types of disorders.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the religious right is working constantly to pull this country back into the Dark Ages.

Employees and scientists with ties to the University of Washington’s Birth Defects Research Laboratory have won a temporary reprieve in federal court barring the release of their personal information to anti-choice activist David Daleiden and his cohorts.

Federal judge James L. Robart granted the restraining order on Wednesday, after the plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit to block the release of a trove of documents requested by Daleiden and a representative from a Washington state anti-choice group. The unredacted records reveal the individuals’ identifying information, such as names, addresses, and phone numbers, according to court documents.

A hearing on a permanent order is expected later this month in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.