Medical records for out-of-state abortions will now be protected by HIPAA<\/p>\n
The new rule i<\/a>s based on the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. It could shield patients\u2019 medical information if they live in a state with an abortion ban and travel elsewhere to seek care. Those are details that could show up in their health records if they seek subsequent medical care in their home state.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s unclear whether it will protect medical data for people who self-manage their abortions by receiving medication in the mail<\/a>, often from a prescribing physician in a state with laws protecting reproductive rights.<\/p>\n Read more at 19th News<\/a><\/p>\n Biden administration tightens rules for obtaining medical records related to abortion<\/p>\n The regulation, which is intended to protect women who live in states\u00a0where abortion is illegal<\/a>\u00a0from prosecution, is almost certain to face legal challenges from anti-abortion advocates and criticism from abortion-rights advocates that it does not go far enough.<\/p>\n Read more at NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Medical records for out-of-state abortions will now be protected by HIPAA The new rule is based on the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. It could shield patients\u2019 medical information if they live in a state with an abortion ban and travel elsewhere to seek care. Those are details that could show … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[130,330,331,128],"class_list":["post-2215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abortion","tag-hipaa","tag-law-enforcement","tag-medical-records-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2217,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions\/2217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}