Yost(R) wants med records of women who have out of state abortions

[irisblue]

Source

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/20/yost-gop-ags-want-police-to-have-access-to-out-of-state-abortion-records/70423962007/?utm_source=dispatch-newsalert-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_term=Hero&utm_content=ncod-columbus-nletter01

Title-Yost, GOP AGs want out-of-state abortion records to be available to authorities
Jessie Balmert
Cincinnati Enquirer

snip--"The letter, signed by Yost and 18 other attorneys general last month, pushes back against a proposed federal privacy policy that would prohibit state officials from collecting personal health information about reproductive health care, including abortions, for investigations, lawsuits or criminal charges."

snip--"The federal government is trying to get rid of a provision that allows the release of health information to law enforcement pursuant to a court order," Yost spokeswoman Bethany McCorkle said. "This section is designed to help victims of crimes by allowing law enforcement to collect evidence − for example DNA from a rape kit − so that violent criminals can be arrested."

McCorkle noted that law enforcement rarely needs this medical information, but "it could be the difference in solving a violent crime and preventing future harms."

more there

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Naturally it's only brain boiled bible beater red states that want this shit.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Republicans are not only in our bedrooms, they're in our lawyer's offices too

[irisblue]

3. Threats to criminalize out-of-state abortions are a scary reminder of 1850s America

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850-
Passed on September 18, 1850 by Congress, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
https://www.battlefields.org › learn
Fugitive Slave Act | American Battlefield Trust


LATimes article
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-07-12/threats-to-criminalize-out-of-state-abortion

BY MICHAEL HILTZIKBUSINESS COLUMNIST
JULY 12, 2022 1:58 PM PT

snip--The Fugitive Slave Act was a federal law. Yet several red states are prepared to replicate it on their own books. The quarries this time aren’t Black slaves, but those who assist pregnant women to seek abortions out of state, including employers who pay for the travel and others who help them.


snip--"In Texas, those who assist women to get abortions would be vulnerable to civil lawsuits from even out-of-state plaintiffs, who could sue for $10,000 or more in penalties. Oklahoma and Idaho have passed similar laws. Missouri lawmakers are considering a statute that would allow lawsuits against anyone helping a Missouri resident to get an abortion, including an out-of-state doctor who performed the procedure or those who helped the patient cross the state line. The law’s sponsor has said it’s targeted at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Illinois opened to serve patients from the St. Louis area."

snip--"Still, the post-Roe landscape has thrown law and medical practice into confusion nationwide, especially in anti-abortion states. Pharmacists and medical providers already have limited patient access to drugs that can be used to induce abortions, even when they’re prescribed for other purposes."

snip--"A key issue in the abortion fight is whether anti-abortion states can regulate the travels of their citizens or reach beyond their state lines to regulate activities elsewhere. With Roe vs. Wade overturned, law professors from three Pennsylvania universities observe in a draft paper, “we have already seen the beginnings of these battles.”

more there.
IMO, nothing that the rightwing authoritarian GOP does happens in a vacuum.

Yost is part of the cabal laying the groundwork.

We all know Yost wants higher state/federal office.

[Freethinker65]

4. +100

[appalachiablue]

6. Got it, I can't believe this, and other extremist Hell now.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. First off, doesn't federal law protect the privacy of our medical records?

Second, the doctors, hospitals, and clinics need to do the right thing an refuse to hand over any records.

[irisblue]

7. I am not an attorney, take this as a curious researcher

State and local laws also apply to health care information stored about patients. HIPAA does not override State law provisions that are at least as protective as HIPAA.Sep 5, 2017

https://www.healthit.gov › topic › h...
HIPAA versus State Laws | HealthIT.gov


I will also point out that in Ohio, many physicians have become very very restrictive about prescription pain meds for chronic pain patients. There is a lot of pressure on physicians/PAs