White House wants rule to protect abortion patients’ records
1 year, 8 months ago

White House wants rule to protect abortion patients’ records

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday proposed a new federal rule to limit how law enforcement and state officials collect medical records if they investigate women who flee their home states to seek abortions elsewhere. Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters that it’s one of several new actions the administration is taking to push back against a wave of abortion restrictions that have been introduced since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion. The White House’s proposed rule would prohibit health care organizations from sharing personal medical records with authorities for investigations related to reproductive care in states where a woman legally obtained an abortion. The federal health agency’s new national phone number will provide information about prenatal, infant and abortion care as well as adoption, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Wednesday.

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Arizona governor urges the state to stop collecting abortion data, citing patient privacy
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Arizona governor urges the state to stop collecting abortion data, citing patient privacy

Associated Press  

Katie Hobbs is calling for legislators to repeal the state law that requires an annual abortion report, saying that it infringes on patients’ privacy, which echoes other Democratic officials’ push to reduce or eliminate such requirements. “It’s really worth thinking carefully about the risk and the benefit of collecting data in this new environment,” said Isaac Maddow-Zimet, a researcher at …

Biden administration tightens rules for obtaining medical records related to abortion
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration tightens rules for obtaining medical records related to abortion

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The medical records of women will be shielded from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek an abortion where it is legal, under a new rule that the Biden administration finalized Monday. “No one should have their medical records used against them, their doctor or their loved one just because they sought or received lawful reproductive …

Lawyers preparing for abortion prosecutions sound the alarm on health care data privacy
2 years, 5 months ago

Lawyers preparing for abortion prosecutions sound the alarm on health care data privacy

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Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Like a woman charged with murder for a "self-induced abortion" in Starr County earlier this year, many pregnant people who get caught up in the criminal justice system are reported to law enforcement by health care workers. In the wake …

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