Judge to consider suspending Idaho's abortion reporting law

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 4:59 pm CDT, Tuesday, September 18, 2018

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Lawyers are asking a U.S. judge to issue a preliminary injunction blocking a new Idaho law requiring doctors to report extensive personal information to the state about women who have had abortions.

The law, which took effect July 1, requires health care providers to disclose information about patients who had one of several "complications" listed in the law, the Idaho Press reported . A preliminary injunction means the law would not be enforced while the matter is being discussed in court.

The information includes a patient's age, race, number of previous pregnancies, live births and previous abortions.

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Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands claim that the law could violate a patient's privacy and can also place an "onerous burden" on health care providers.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/medical/article/Judge-to-consider-suspending-Idaho-s-abortion-13238681.php

[Haggis for Breakfast]

1. HOW does this not violate Federal Law - HIPPA ???

[ROB-ROX]

3. HIPPA RULES

This federal act was established to maintain PRIVACY.....Damn conservatives are evil lawless people. They HATE everyone and anyone who is not THEM. I hope all those evil people in that CURRENTLY lawless state ROT.......

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Geez! Why don't they just put her face on a poster and plaster it all over town?

with a Scarlett 'A' on her forehead! What interest could the state possibly have in obtaining this information? Do they justify it with some population planning idea? Is it some type of 'potential race demographic' measure? This is like a fecundity metric of some kind. WTF is that? WHO is counting?