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MO legislator demands names of women who've had an abortion
If you had an abortion in Missouri between 2010 and 2015, youre on Missouri State Senator Kurt Schaefers hit list.
Schaefer, a Republican, is demanding that Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region turn over the medical records of women who had abortions in Missouri between 2010 and 2015. He has made the same demand of a St. Louis-area pathologist.
Schaefers excuse? Hes investigating those already-proven-bogus allegations that Planned Parenthood sells fetal tissues for profit. Missouris Attorney General has already examined those charges against Planned Parenthood, and found no wrongdoing. Not to mention that the creator of the maliciously edited videos circulated to prove the case has been indicted in Houston, TX for creating the misleading videos.
Need I mention that a federal law passed in 1996 sets up strict guidelines for healthcare facilities and providers to protect the private of patients healthcare records? Its a well-known law called HIPAA. And should Schaefer try to say that Planned Parenthood should be exempt from HIPAA protections, hed be contradicting his partys own view of Planned Parenthood. In other actions related to Planned Parenthood, Republican lawmakers have made it clear that they view Planned Parenthood as a medical facility. Theyve insisted on a vast range of changes that generally apply to healthcare facilities: hospital-admitting privileges for doctors performing abortions, ambulances on call, hospital-like hallways and driveways. Theres no question that HIPAA applies.
But none of these things has stopped Schaefer. He has not specified what he would do if he got the names, but its a scary prospect. One can imagine the abortion-shaming that would follow...
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Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)That those parties being requested to release medical records fights this until the end. I can only imagine the awful right wing organizations that would somehow 'obtain' this information if this scumbag legislator is provided the names and the ways they would use to shame those that had abortions & their families.
Mary Mac
(323 posts)Nt.
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)Every one of us should be outraged to action here.