Politico April 12, 2023
Advocates have long demanded data privacy improvements as doctors and patients fear prosecution post-Roe.
The Biden administration is updating the nation’s main health privacy law to offer stronger legal protections to people who obtain abortions in their state or who cross state lines for the procedure, as well as their doctors and loved ones.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights on Wednesday will issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to bar health care providers and insurers from turning over information to state officials for the purpose of investigating, suing or prosecuting someone for seeking or providing a legal abortion.
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