Becker's Healthcare June 30, 2022
The federal government has released guidance on how members of the public can protect their reproductive health privacy in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
As many Republican-led states have moved to criminalize abortion, the Biden adminsitraiton provided the recommendations to assuage the fears of women worried that their healthcare providers or period apps could release information to authorities investigating abortion.
“How you access health care should not make you a target for discrimination. HHS stands with patients and providers in protecting HIPAA privacy rights and reproductive health care information,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a June 29 agency news release. “Anyone who believes their privacy rights have been violated can file a...
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