{"id":272500,"date":"2022-08-03T20:40:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T01:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=272500"},"modified":"2022-08-04T12:24:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:24:46","slug":"planned-parenthood-abortion-industry-compromised-patient-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-abortion-industry-compromised-patient-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry have compromised patient privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abortion patient privacy has been a focus of the pro-abortion Biden Administration<\/a>. A recent executive order<\/a> sought to “protect consumers\u2019 privacy when seeking information about and provision of ” abortion, and to “educate consumers on how best to protect their health privacy and limit the collection and sharing of their sensitive health-related information.”\u00a0But rather than focus on the irresponsible way abortion and Planned Parenthood facilities have handled private patient information, the media is pointing to the imagined dangers of pregnancy and period apps, location trackers, and other digital communications.<\/p>\n

Despite regulations under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), medical records handled by abortion facilities and Planned Parenthood facilities are not always kept under lock and key.<\/p>\n

Years of records dumped into trash bins and receptacles<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2022, Live Action News reported<\/a> that Northeast Ohio Women\u2019s Center abortion clinic and Planned Parenthood Bedford Heights were\u00a0ordered to pay<\/a>\u00a0$7,500 and $5,000 by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH)\u00a0for\u00a0dumping private patient information<\/a>\u00a0in the trash, along with the remains of aborted children.<\/p>\n

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Abortion patient privacy information illegally dumped by Northeast Ohio Women\u2019s Center abortion clinic (Image credit: Operation Rescue)<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2021<\/strong>, medical waste and patient records were found<\/a> in two Louisiana abortion facility trash dumpsters belonging to the Delta Clinic of Baton Rouge and the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport.<\/p>\n

In 2016<\/strong>, Operation Rescue alleged<\/a> that Baltimore\u2019s Hillcrest abortion facility\u00a0was temporarily closed<\/a>\u00a0when an activist happened to notice that\u00a0medical records were illegally dumped<\/a>\u00a0among the remodeling refuse. Names, addresses, and even a copy of a woman\u2019s photo identification card were all blowing down the sidewalk for anyone to find.<\/p>\n

In 2015<\/strong>, police and environmental officials investigated a suburban Detroit abortion facility for the\u00a0improper disposal of medical waste and patient records<\/a>\u00a0after\u00a0Citizens for a Pro-life Society<\/a>\u00a0(which has found human tissue and medical\u00a0documents<\/a> in dumpsters behind several abortion facilities for years) tipped them off.<\/p>\n

In 2014<\/strong>,\u00a0Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio<\/a>\u00a0Region at PP Elizabeth Campbell Center in Cincinnati left a storage location that housed private prescription medical logs unlocked. As a result, the custodian placed the logs containing personal health information in the trash dumpster, which was later emptied by the trash collector.\u00a0According to a response from PP\u2019s attorneys, the\u00a0logs contained patient names, dates of birth, lab results, and medication \u2014\u00a0affecting at least 5,000 individuals. Also\u00a0in 2014,\u00a0Operation Rescue<\/a>\u00a0filed\u00a0complaints<\/a>\u00a0against Outpatient Services for Women in Oklahoma City and its abortionist, Nareshkumar Patel, for record-keeping violations and improper disposal of confidential information, among other violations.<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood HIPPA violations shows abortion patient info to Stem Express<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2012<\/strong>, disgraced Kansas City abortionist Krishna Rajanna<\/a> had thrown<\/a> abortion patient\u00a0records<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0extensive personal-identifying information<\/a>\u00a0into a school recycling bin<\/a>, while those files were\u00a0still legally required<\/a>\u00a0to be\u00a0retained and protected<\/a>. More than 1,000 private abortion records sat in plain view, tossed atop of magazines and newspapers in a possibly serious violation of federal privacy laws.<\/p>\n

In addition, a 2012 report from Right to Life of Michigan revealed a pattern of\u00a0deeply entrenched illegal and unethical practices<\/a>\u00a0throughout Michigan\u2019s abortion industry. Illegal disposal at Michigan abortion facilities\u00a0included 40-50 patient records, used syringes, and bloody surgical material that had been dumped by an abortion center\u00a0in Michigan. Around 30-40 patient records were dumped near another, and patient logs including over 500 patient names, medical records, and bloody surgical material were dumped by yet another<\/em> Michigan abortion\u00a0facility.<\/p>\n

That same year, formal complaints were\u00a0filed<\/a>\u00a0against abortionist LeRoy Carhart and his late-term abortion facility\u00a0in Germantown, Maryland, after an investigation by pro-life activists uncovered the illegal dumping of biohazardous waste, private patient medical information (including copies of patient drivers licenses), and IV\u00a0drugs.<\/p>\n